René Lévesque Parti Québécois René Lévesque Parti Québécois The 1981 Quebec general election was held on April 13, 1981, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.

Historically, provincial elections in Quebec produce large disparities between the popular vote and the actual seat count.

A 1979 Act[1] provided for the creation of the Commission de la représentation électorale, charged with the task of the redistribution of riding boundaries for elections to the National Assembly.

[2] In April 1980, the Commission increased the number of electoral districts from 110 to 122, effective with the next election:[3] The Liberals and péquistes fielded full slates, while the Unionists decided not to run a candidate in the new riding of Ungava.

Other disaffected créditistes opted to join the United Social Credit which had been revived by Jean-Paul Poulin.