Pauline Marois, 63, of the Parti Quebecois (PQ), will become the province's first woman premier.
PQ's promise to hold another referendum if elected put many voters off, perhaps for good.
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The exchange between PQ and Liberal Party grew heated when the debate shifted to developing northern Quebec.
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In the popular vote, the ruling Liberal Party was less than one percentage point behind the PQ.
The opposition PQ has allied itself with the protesters, even putting the students' red-square logo on its website.
In addition to PQ and the Liberal Party, the Coalition Avenir Quebec is also running a slate of candidates.
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PQ, which grew out of the radical post-colonial fervour of the 1960s, may just find its time is up.
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The PQ won 54 of the 125 seats in the provincial assembly, enough to form only a minority government (see chart).
The continued splintering of the PQ will help Jean Charest, the unpopular Liberal premier who has led the provincial government since 2003.
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Last year, Lucien Bouchard, a former PQ premier, said sovereignty was unattainable.
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If k represented the fraction of money income (PQ) that people preferred to hold, changes in k would cause inverse changes in V.
While nothing is imminent, Bergeron believes that both the PQ and Liberal parties are committed to keeping the best interest of mining in Quebec.
After the new royalty regime was tabled, both the Liberal and CAQ parties, both opposition parties to the PQ government, voiced their displeasure late Monday.
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She also said the PQ would add a 30% additional tax on all mining profits over a certain level, which she did not elaborate on.
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If the Liberals can tie the PQ to the movement's intransigence, Mr Charest might yet risk an early vote and hope to eke out a win.
The PQ promised to abolish the tuition-fees increase and repeal a law known as Bill 78, which was passed last May to restrict where and how students may demonstrate.
The rout of the Bloc has swiftly been followed by the implosion of the PQ, which only months ago seemed set for a return to office in Quebec City.
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In a debate over the weekend between the Liberal party, PQ, Coalition Avenir Quebec and Quebec Solidaire, Marois said she would impose a minimum 5% royalty rate on the gross value of all mining production.
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