<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Lévesque" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="René Lévesque">René Lévesque</a> and the <i id="mw_w"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Québécois" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parti Québécois">Parti Québécois</a></i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Quebec_general_election" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1976 Quebec general election">take power</a> to become the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> government of the 20th century clearly in favor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_sovereignty_movement" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Quebec sovereignty movement">independence</a>.