Statistical
Material and Charts
Last
revised:
23 August 2000 |
Regional
and Linguistic Distribution Results of the 1995 Quebec Referendum on Sovereignty
October 30, 1995 Referendum Question:
"Do you agree that Quebec
should become sovereign, after having made a formal offer to Canada for a new
Economic and Political partnership, within the scope of the Bill respecting the
future of Quebec and of the agreement signed on June 12, 1995?"
| Region
| #
of Electoral districts | Participation
rate | %
of yes votes | %
of francophones in the region | %
of francophones voting yes | | Gaspe,
North Shore and Lower St. Lawrence | 10
| 90.2
| 60.3
| 94.0
| 64.2
| Saguenay
Lac St. Jean | 5
| 92.6
| 69.6
| 98.8
| 70.4
| | Quebec
City | 11
| 93.5
| 54.4
| 96.6
| 56.3
| | Chaudière
Appalaches | 8
| 92.3
| 50.7
| 98.8
| 51.3
| | St.
Maurice Bois Francs | 8
| 93.0
| 57.2
| 98.0
| 58.3
| | Eastern
Townships | 8
| 93.4
| 49.6
| 89.4
| 55.4
| | South
Shore of Montreal | 18
| 94.8
| 53.7
| 86.5
| 62.1
| | Laurentians
Lanaudière | 13
| 93.9
| 61.6
| 93.6
| 65.8
| | Ottawa
Valley | 5
| 93.7
| 27.4
| 81.1
| 33.8
| | Abitibi
Temiscaming | 4
| 89.8
| 55.8
| 87.4
| 63.9
| | Ville
de Laval | 5
| 95.4
| 46.8
| 78.4
| 59.6
| | Montreal
Isl. | 30
| 93.9
| 49.4
| 82.3
| 60.0
| | Quebec
Total | 125
| 93.5
| 49.4
| 82.3
| 60.0
| Source:
Pierre DROUILLY, "Le Référendum du 30 octobre 1995: une analyse des résultats",
in Robert BOILY, ed., L’Année politique au Québec, 1995-1996, Montreal,
Fides, 1997, 232p., pp. 119-143. The table is on p. 134. |
