Word: quebecers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thomas H. Stevenson '82 of Toronto expressed concern at the election's divisive results. "With the Liberals holding almost all the seats in Quebec and very few elsewhere there's a real threat of political alienation," Stevenson said...
...Conservatives took only 14 per cent of the Popular vote in Quebec. In the 1974 federal election the PC garnered 21 per cent...
Early morning returns showed the Conservatives winning 137 seats and the Liberals taking 113, while the NDP prevailed in 26 and Social Credit candidates siphoned off six seats in Quebec...
...Conservatives won only two seats out of 74 in Quebec, but they swept all the seats in Alberta and took a majority of seats in both Atlantic Canada and British Columbia...
...Trudeau continues to travel around the country, telling an unemployed man in British Columbia to "get off your ass and look for work," while Clark continues to hedge on crucial issues, a foreshadowing of disaster with his low-key, wavering approach to leadership. The large Liberal bloc in Quebec balances the traditional Tory strongholds in Western Canada. The election's most important province is Ontario, with Toronto the focus of attention. Last time around, the Liberals won 18 of 20 Toronto seats, but the Conservatives held an 11-point lead in the polls three weeks ago. Recent surveys, however, show...