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Show Al2 TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH/WORLD ‘Tuesday, December 1, 1998 Separatists i , ‘i Win Re-Election wICCL I ac if shan Easily in Quebec Continued fron a1 to 42 percent for the Liber: {a percentfor a thirainee ocratic Action. The separatists were on track to win about 78 of the lature's 125 seats, and theLiberals about 46. It could be aslight improvementforthe separalists over the last election in 1994, when they won 77 seats to47 forthe Liberals while each receiving about 44 percent ofthe popular vote Bouchard’s main rival was H Lib: eral party leader Jean Charest, who tried to convincevoters that the province would prosper only if the decades-old threat of secession was abandoned Charest, 40, becameanearly favorite when he quit federal polities in Marchto enterthe Quebec race; in English-speaking Canada he we s viewed as the potential Savior of national unity. But despitehis family roots in Quebec, he was widely perceived by the province's French-speaking majority as moreofan outsider than Bouchard, andless likely to do battle for the province in —any< ontations with thefederal government ichard, 59, has maintained mier without an election in 19! after his predecessor, Jacque Parizeau, resigned following the 1995 referendum Me high popularity ratings despite ‘There were 5.2 million eligible overseeing painful spendingg cuts voters Monday,) and turnout was past three years in a morethan 80 percenteven though drive to erase Quebec's deficit, this was thefourth provincewide Among Francophones, he has votein thepast five years never lost the mythic aura he Analysts had suggested that a gained when, afterlosing a leg landslide separatist victory —apand almost dying fromaflesh-eat- proaching 50 percent of the popuing disease in 1994, he came back lar vote— wouldlead to pressure to lead the separatists to near fromParti Quebecois m ilitants to over tory in a 1995 referendum ‘Though Bouchard has served in the federal Cabinet and federal Parliament, this was thefirst time he ever ran as a party leader in Quebec. He was appointed pre- hold a secession referendum quickly. Monday's results were considered morelikely to prompt a cautious approach from Bouand perhaps a wait of a r or two before considering a eferendum The separatists have lost secession referendum ice before, nce by a big margin :in 1980 and just narrowly in 1995 Anxious to avoid athird defeat Bouchard said he wouldcall another referendum only wheh he was convinced the separatists would win. In the meantime, he says he will seek more autonomy for all 10 provinces Many Quebeckers supported Bouchard even though they op- suggest only about 43 percent of Quebecvoters would support independence now, and about two-thirds do not want a referendum onsecession in the next few years. 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