Editing Parti Québécois (section)

===Return to power under Parizeau===
The PQ returned to power under the leadership of hardline sovereigntist [[Jacques Parizeau]] in the [[1994 Quebec general election|1994 Quebec election]]. This saw the PQ win 77 seats and 44% of the vote, on a promise to hold an independence referendum within a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/06/02/canada-politics-parizeau-idINL1N0YO0OM20150602|title=UPDATE 1-Former Quebec separatist leader Parizeau dies at 84|work=Reuters|access-date=18 October 2016}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> The following year, Parizeau called the [[1995 Quebec referendum]] proposing negotiations on sovereignty. Again, the sovereigntists lost the vote. The final count showed 49.42% of voters supported negotiations that could eventually lead to sovereignty. On the night of the defeat, an emotionally drained Premier Parizeau stated that the loss was caused by [[Money and the ethnic vote|"money and ethnic votes"]] (which led to accusations that Parizeau was racist) as well as by the divided votes amongst francophones. Parizeau resigned the next day (as he is alleged to have planned in case of a defeat).