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OCR: PRIME MINISTER Chretien s majority win in the 1993 federal election was offset by the success of the separatist Bloc Quebecois under Lucien Bouchard and the W lestern-based Reform Party led by Preston Manning On October 30 1995 second referendum on Quebec sovereignty was defeated by only one percentage point, compared to 20% in 1980. Chretien' federal strategy was disparaged in both English and French Canada Yet despite his image as the unsophisticated "little guy from Shawinigan, few Prime Ministers claim Jean Chretien 's politica experience or his high popularity rating during his early years in office BIOGRAPHY of5 Western