Conrad Black: Quebec’s Gilbert and Sullivan election
Monday's election in Quebec produced the most fragmented result in the province’s history, where three parties had between 20 and 28 per cent of the vote, and two others between 12 and 14 per cent.
The previously governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), after eight years in office, though led by the well-liked new premier Christine Fréchette, emerged with no members in the national assembly but approximately 14 per cent of the vote.
The complete elimination from the legislature of the governing party is a rare event that surpassed even Kim Campbell when she replaced Brian Mulroney in 1993 and led the Progressive Conservative party from a caucus in the 150s to two.
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Hatfield succumbed to this fate in New Brunswick at the hands of Frank McKenna in 1987, but nothing like it has occurred before in Quebec.
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