Word: partied
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...often happens in Canadian politics, Quebec provided the decisive margin last week. The Conservatives benefited, of course, from the fact that Mulroney is a native son, fluent in both English and locally accented French. The party also enjoyed the strong support of Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, a Liberal but a believer in free trade and Quebec's prospects in a more open North American economy. Most important, Quebec's response reflected the degree to which the French-speaking province has become politically and culturally self-assured, apparently more confident than much of English Canada that its identity will...
...probably, was the realization that Quebec, whose 6.5 million residents comprise nearly a quarter of all Canadians, could not hope to stand alone either politically or economically. Quebec voters said non to separation in a 1980 referendum. They repeated the message two years ago by turning against the nationalist Parti Quebecois long led by Rene Levesque and overwhelmingly electing a Liberal government headed by Robert Bourassa, 54, the same man they had ousted from office...
Across town, at the election-night headquarters of the Parti Quebecois, which had swept to power in 1976 vowing to withdraw the predominantly French- speaking province from the Canadian confederation, incumbent Premier Pierre- Marc Johnson, 39, conceded the election. "The people of Quebec have spoken," he declared. "They wanted a change, and from the appearance of things, they wanted a profound change." The scale of the victory surprised even veteran political observers. Liberals won 98 of the 122 seats in the provincial legislature with 58% of the vote, up from 46% in the 1981 provincial elections. The Parti Quebecois...
Ever since politically beleaguered Rene Levesque, 63, announced last June that he would resign both as Quebec's premier and leader of the ruling Parti Quebecois, provincial Justice Minister Pierre-Marc Johnson, 39, has been the front runner to succeed him. Last week, in a provincewide party election, Johnson won 60% of the vote and the helm of the party that swept to power in 1976 on a surge of sentiment for separating Quebec from the rest of Canada. He ascends to the provincial premiership that his father Daniel held from 1966 until his death...
...known as the man who tried to break the French-speaking province of Quebec away from the rest of Canada. But over the years the idea of separation had soured among Quebec's voters, and last November, Premier Rene Levesque persuaded his ruling Parti Quebecois to shelve the notion of independence. With the party trailing the opposition Liberals by 2 to 1 in the polls, many members called on him to resign. They repeated their request three weeks ago when the Liberals captured four seats in a by-election and reduced the P.Q.'s majority in the province's national...