the quebec general election of 1962' was held on november 14, 1962, to elect members of the legislative assembly of the province of quebec, canada. the incumbent quebec liberal party, led by jean lesage, won re-election, defeating the union nationale (un) led by daniel johnson, sr.. in an unusual move, the election was called just two years after the previous 1960 general election. lesage sought a mandate for the nationalization of the electricity industry, declaring this single issue important enough to stake his political career on it. a few days before the election, the union nationales chief organizer andrÃ© lagarde was arrested for fraud. the liberals claimed this was proof of lingering corruption dating from the maurice duplessis era, but the un cried foul, and were vindicated after the election. however, the incident may well have contributed to the un's defeat. the liberal party won an increased number of seats and a higher percentage of the popular vote, and the nationalization program was carried out. future parti quÃ©bÃ©cois founder renÃ© lÃ©vesque served as a cabinet minister in the lesage government and spearheaded the nationalization of power utilities to greatly expand hydro-quÃ©bec. ==results== {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse border-color: #444444" |- bgcolor="cccccc" !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|party !rowspan="2"|party leader !rowspan="2"|# ofcandidates !colspan="3"|seats !colspan="3"|popular vote |- bgcolor="cccccc" |align="center"|1960 |align="center"|elected |align="center"|% change |align="center"|# |align="center"|% |align="center"|% change  | jean lesage |align="right"|97 |align="right"|51 !align="right"|63 |align="right"|+23.5% |align="right"|1,205,253 |align="right"| 56.40% |align="right"|+5.0%  | daniel johnson, sr. |align="right"|95 |align="right"|43 !align="right"|31 |align="right"|-27.9% |align="right"|900,817 |align="right"| 42.15% |align="right"|-4.5%  |colspan=2|other |align="right"|32 |align="right"|1 !align="right"|1 |align="right"|- |align="right"|30,897 |align="right"| 1.45% |align="right"|-0.6% |- |colspan="3"|total !align="right"|224 |align="right"|95 !align="right"|95 !align="right"|- !align=
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