Originally Posted by skillfull

# 30 Oct 1995: The Quebec referendum on independence failed by 1% on a huge 94% turnout; it won 60% of the French-speakers' vote.
# 1994: During Quebec's elections, the separatist party PQ (Parti Québéquois) wins a majority in the province Quebec.
# 1993: The Bloc Québéquois of Lucien Bouchard succeeds with a second position in federal elections.
# 1982: New Federal Constitution adopted against Quebec's wish to acknowledge its distinctiveness.