In terms of the number of seats won by each of the two parties, the result was almost identical to the previous 1994 general election. However, this time the Liberals actually won a slightly larger percentage of the popular vote, but nonetheless far fewer seats.
Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique du Québec, repeated his success in winning his own seat, as he had done in the 1994 general election. However, his party also repeated its failure to elect any other member apart from its leader.
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In the Quebec general election on November 30, 1998, the incumbent Parti Québécois under Lucien Bouchard won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Jean Charest.
In terms of the number of seats won by each of the two parties, the result was almost identical to the previous 1994 general election.
Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique du Québec, repeated his success in winning his own seat, as he had done in the 1994 general election.
Montreal is situated in the southwestern corner of Quebec approximately 270 kilometres southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 190 kilometres east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
Montreal is the centre of Quebec culture and a major centre of Canadian culture in general.
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