Editing Parti Québécois (section)

===Return to opposition===
Mid-late 2004 was difficult for Landry's leadership, which was being contested. A vote was held during the party's June 2005 convention to determine whether Landry continued to have the confidence of the party membership. Landry said he wanted at least 80% of approval and after gaining 76.2% approval on the confidence vote from party membership on 4 June 2005, Landry announced his intention to resign.<ref name="landry-resignation">{{cite news|url=http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1117929100254_5?hub=topstories |title=Bernard Landry quits as Parti Québécois leader |access-date=9 May 2007 |date=5 May 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050910215351/http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1117929100254_5?hub=topstories |archive-date=10 September 2005 }}</ref>

[[Louise Harel]] had been chosen to replace him until a new leader, [[André Boisclair]], was elected 15 November 2005, through the party's [[2005 Parti Québécois leadership election|2005 leadership election]]. At the time of Boisclair's election, the PQ was as much as 20% ahead of the Liberals in opinion polls, suggesting that Boisclair would lead them to a landslide majority government in the next election.<ref name="polls">{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2007/03/27/pq_fails_miserably_to_rally_sovereignists.html | title=PQ fails miserably to rally sovereignists | access-date=9 May 2007 | date=27 March 2007 | work=The Star | location=Toronto | first=Chantal | last=Hébert}}</ref>