{{short description|Canadian provincial political party}} The '''[[Action démocratique du Québec]]''' (ADQ) party fielded eighty candidates in the '''[[1994 Quebec general election|1994 Quebec provincial election]]'''. One candidate, party leader [[Mario Dumont]], was elected. Information about the party's other candidates may be found on this page.

==Candidates==

===[[Brome-Missisquoi (provincial electoral district)|Brome-Missisquoi]]: Benoit Trudeau=== '''Benoit Trudeau''' was a 22-year-old communications student at the [[Universite du Quebec]] at the time of the election. He acknowledged he had no chance of winning and said, "I had nothing to lose by running. I didn't want to just sit around in my living room criticizing others."<ref>Mark Abley, "Liberal minister Paradis looks solid in Brome-Missisquoi," ''Montreal Gazette'', 18 August 1994, A9.</ref> He received 2,037 votes (6.77%), finishing third against [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] incumbent [[Pierre Paradis]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130101135229/http://www2.electionsquebec.qc.ca/corpo/francais/elections-generales-provincial.asp?bsq=Brome-Missisquoi&section=resultats_gen&even='1994'&mode='n3'%23resul Official Results (Brome—Missisquoi, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec], accessed 15 December 2010.</ref>

===[[Fabre (electoral district)|Fabre]]: Lucie Jobin=== '''Lucie Jobin''' received 5,043 votes (12.64%) in the 1994 election, finishing third against [[Parti Québécois]] candidate [[Joseph Facal]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20121206005843/http://www2.electionsquebec.qc.ca/corpo/francais/elections-generales-provincial.asp?bsq=Fabre&section=resultats_gen&even='1994'&mode='n3'%23resul Official Results (Fabre, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec], accessed 7 March 2011.</ref> The following year, she was the ADQ's representative on a Laval commission established by the provincial government of [[Jacques Parizeau]] during the buildup to the [[1995 Quebec referendum]] to explore issues relating to [[Quebec sovereignty]].<ref>Philip Authier and Andy Riga, "PQ bullying us, Dumont says," ''Montreal Gazette'', 16 March 1995, A1.</ref> She refused to sign the committee's final report, accusing the Parti Québécois of distorting its findings to suggest a greater support for [[Quebec sovereignty]] than actually existed.<ref>"QUOTE ... UNQUOTE," ''Montreal Gazette'', 19 March 1995, B3; Andy Riga, "Parizeau must allay Quebecers' fears before vote: panels," ''Montreal Gazette'', 21 March 1995, A8.</ref> She later chaired the Comite de Citoyens de Laval-Ouest.<ref>Allison Lampert, "School ignoring problems: parents," ''Montreal Gazette'', 20 April 1999, A6.</ref>

===[[Mercier (provincial electoral district)|Mercier]]: Carole Boucher=== '''Carole Boucher''' received 1,681 votes (5.42%), finishing third against [[Parti Québécois]] candidate [[Robert Perreault]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20121206005843/http://www2.electionsquebec.qc.ca/corpo/francais/elections-generales-provincial.asp?bsq=Fabre&section=resultats_gen&even='1994'&mode='n3'%23resul Official Results (Fabre, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec], accessed 23 June 2011.</ref>

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