Quebecois independence referendum, 1995 (QC)

The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should secede from Canada and become an independent state, through the question:
 * Do you agree that Québec should become sovereign after having made a formal offer to Canada for a new economic and political partnership within the scope of the bill respecting the future of Québec and of the agreement signed on June 12, 1995?.

The 1995 referendum differed from the first referendum on Quebec's sovereignty in that the 1980 question proposed to negotiate "sovereignty-association" with the Canadian government, while the 1995 question proposed "sovereignty", along with an optional partnership offer to the rest of Canada.

The referendum took place in Quebec on October 30, 1995, and the motion to decide whether Quebec should secede from Canada was succeeded by a very narrow margin of 50.82% "Yes" to 49.18% "No".

Result
Sovereignty for Quebec was accepted by voters with 50.82% voting "Yes" and 49.18% voting "No". A record 94% of 5,087,009 registered Quebecers voted in the referendum. Sovereignty was the choice of francophones by an estimated majority of about 60%, but the heavily populated western part of the Montreal island voted "No", which also carried the far North, the Outaouais, and the Eastern Townships. There was a majority "Yes" vote in 88 out of 125 National Assembly ridings, but they tended to be less-populated ridings, while the "No" vote was concentrated in urban ridings.

Addressing a packed room of "Yes" supporters, live on television, a victorious Jacques Parizeau reasoned the result on "well placed fiances."