In the Quebec general election in June and July of 1871, the Quebec Conservative Party under Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière.
The nationalists' real political setback, however, the election of a Conservative government to Ottawa in 1911 - and especially the CONSCRIPTION crisis of 1917 - served to highlight the isolation of Québec, which henceforth bound its fortunes to those of the Liberal Party.
In general, English Canadians came to believe that this was properly the responsibility of the federal government, which should provide for equality of opportunity from coast to coast.
In the federal elections of 1993, the Bloc swept the province and won 54 of the 75 seats, becoming the Official Opposition in the House of Commons.
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