1962 Quebec general election

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The 1962 Quebec general election was held on November 14, 1962, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage, was re-elected, defeating the Union Nationale (UN) led by Daniel Johnson, Sr. In an unusual move, the election was called just two years after the previous 1960 general election. Lesage sought a mandate for the nationalization of the electrical power industry, using the slogan Maîtres chez nous, 'Masters in our own home', and declaring it to be the single issue on which he was ready to stake his political career. A few days before the election, the Union Nationale's chief organizer, André Lagarde, was arrested for fraud. The Liberals claimed this was proof of lingering corruption dating from the Maurice Duplessis era, but the UN cried foul. While the courts eventually acquitted Lagarde after the election, the incident may well have contributed to the UN's defeat. The Liberal Party won an increased...

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