Parti Québécois election gamble fails spectacularly.

The 41st Quebec general election was held on April 7, 2014 to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec. saw a disaster for the ruling "Sovereignst " Party Parti Québécois

The Quebec Liberal Party under Philippe Couillard won a majority government of 70 seats, while the incumbent Parti Québécois finished second with 30 seats

PQ leader,Pauline Marois had a modest lead in the polls and appeared to have a realistic prospect of winning a majority government and so called a early election after only 18 Months in power  and it was a gamble that she spectacularly lost as well as her own seat

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	PQ	QLP	CAQ	QS	ON	GPQ	Other
Election results	April 7, 2014	HTML	25.38	41.51	23.05	7.64	0.73	0.55	1.14
Angus Reid	April 4, 2014	PDF	27	39	25	7	1	1	1
Forum Research	April 3, 2014	PDF	24	44	23	6	0	2	1
Léger Marketing	April 3, 2014	HTML	29	38	23	9		1	1
EKOS	April 3, 2014	PDF	27.0	39.8	21.1	9.4			2.8
Ipsos Reid	April 1, 2014	HTML	28	40	18	12	0		2
Forum Research	March 31, 2014	PDF	29	41	19	7	1	2	1
Léger Marketing	March 23, 2014	PDF	33	40	15	9	1	1	1
Forum Research	March 19, 2014	PDF	32	45	13	7	0	2	1
Ipsos Reid	March 18, 2014	HTML	33	40	14	9	2		2
CROP	March 16, 2014	PDF	36	39	13	10	1		1
Léger Marketing	March 13, 2014	PDF	37	37	14	9	1	1	1
CROP	March 8, 2014	HTML	36	36	17	8	1		2
Forum Research	March 5, 2014	PDF	38	40	12	7	0	2	1
Léger Marketing	March 3, 2014	PDF	37	35	15	8	1	2	1
2012 Election	September 4, 2012	HTML	31.95	31.20	27.05	6.03	1.89	0.99	0.89

However, the party's support began to collapse rapidly after the party announced Pierre Karl Péladeau, the president and CEO of media conglomerate Quebecor, as a star candidate.^[1

 Péladeau's conservative and anti-union business background was widely criticised as being at odds with the party's social democratic history;^[2] and his outspoken support for a third referendum on Quebec sovereignty quickly sidelined the issues — 

The media in Canada particularly outside Quebec have portrayed this as a massive ejection of the call for Quebec Independence 

Summary of the April 7, 2014, National Assembly of Quebec election results

Party[33]		Party leader[33]	Candidates	Seats
				2012	Dissol.	Seats won
	Parti Québécois	Pauline Marois	124	54	54	30
	Liberal	Philippe Couillard	125	50	49	70
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Legault	122	19	18	22
	Québec solidaire	Françoise David Andrés Fontecilla†	124	2	2	3
	Independent/No designation		11	—	2	-
	Option nationale	Sol Zanetti	116	—	—

But it may well be that  people in Quebec have become disillusioned with PQ's dithering on the Sovereignty issue and it may well be that voters may well have been less than enthusiastic  over having to vote again so early.

What ever with Péladeau, conservatism (he won his seat) now rising in the party it may well see a move to support for Quebec Solidare who gained a seat in Montreal  where   Manon Massé  their first ever candidate in a byelection in 2006 was elected in Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques . You might even see Option Nationale  a centre left party which although polling very low seems to have a youthful and enthusiastic membership.

Whatever it looks like the case for Quebec Independence  has met received a major blow and the Canadian Federalist media who can teach our own Unionist media a lesson in "Project Fear" and misinformation can crow with delight.