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The Quebec general election of 1981 was held on April 13 1981 to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois led by René Lévesque won re-election defeating the Quebec Liberal Party led by Claude Ryan.The PQ won re-election despite having lost the 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty-association the party’s proposal for political independence for Quebec in an economic union with the rest of Canada.