First Eastern Canada elections

After far too many hours of work, I have the entire election series, from 1997 to 2017, for both new countries, complete.

In 1997, Charest was able to narrowly win re-election as Prime Minister.

After some pretty harsh cuts to get the budget in line and the economy on track, he, again, won election, narrowly

After this, the 2001 election, the number of seats for party status was dropped to 8.

The Bloc, which had disbanded in 1997, was back. The new Bloc had no leader, and was rather simply a vehicle for "Pro Quebec" MPs and Candidates, and had no parliamentary whip, with all members sitting as Independents. This was due to "l'effondrement" or "the collapse" which saw the PQ nearly fall apart, and survive by the skin of its teeth over disagreements as to where to go next.

However we'll talk about provincial politics later on, and focus on federal politics from both countries for the time being.

Tomorrow (or later today) we'll cover events beyond 2001