1982_Montreal_municipal_election
The 1982 Montreal municipal election took place on November 14, 1982, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected for what turned out to be his final term in office, defeating challenger Jean Doré.[1]
Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities in November 1982. Most suburban elections were held on November 7.
- Mayor
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Mayor of Montreal | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Jean Drapeau (incumbent) |
174,306 | 48.10 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Jean Doré | 129,706 | 35.79 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Henri-Paul Vignola | 54,890 | 15.15 | |||||
| Independent | Gilles Gervais | 1,397 | 0.39 | |||||
| Independent | Patricia Métivier | 1,222 | 0.34 | |||||
| Independent | Katy Le Rougetel | 892 | 0.25 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 362,413 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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- Council (incomplete)
Party colours do not indicate affiliation with or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.
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| Electoral District | Position | Total valid votes | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Civic Party | Municipal Action Group | Independents | |||||||||
| Longue-Pointe | City councillor | 6,754 | Nicole Boudreau 2,793 (41.35%) |
Luc Larivée 3,463 (51.27%) |
Nola Poirier 498 (7.37%) |
Luc Larivée | ||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Hochelaga | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Pierre Lorange (incumbent) |
3,669 | 63.34 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Robert Aubin | 1,382 | 23.86 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Jean Guimond | 742 | 12.81 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,793 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, François-Perrault | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Rocco Luccisano (incumbent) |
3,525 | 54.45 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Rolland Masson | 2,102 | 32.47 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | William Siemienski | 847 | 13.08 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,474 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Gabriel-Sagard | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Marc Beaudoin (incumbent) |
3,448 | 50.26 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Consolato Gattuso | 1,900 | 27.69 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Pierre Harel | 1,124 | 16.38 | |||||
| Independent | Marcel Paquet | 389 | 5.67 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,861 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jean-Talon | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | George Savoidakis (incumbent) |
3,118 | 52.55 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Vittorio Capparelli | 1,481 | 24.96 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Gino Gentile | 1,113 | 18.76 | |||||
| Independent | Nicola L. Corbo | 221 | 3.72 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,933 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Laurier | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Robert Perreault | 2,635 | 49.73 | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Roger Larivée (incumbent) | 2,137 | 40.33 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Gilles Côté | 527 | 9.95 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,299 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Serge Bélanger (incumbent) |
3,342 | 52.23 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Roger Marchand | 2,751 | 42.99 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Gaétan Toussaint | 306 | 4.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,399 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Ville-Marie | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | John Gardiner | 2,459 | 49.49 | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Joffre Laporte (incumbent) |
1,689 | 33.99 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Mona Forrest | 652 | 13.12 | |||||
| Independent | Kenneth Cheung | 169 | 3.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,969 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Henri | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Germain Prégent (incumbent) |
4,379 | 73.61 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Raymond Drennan | 960 | 16.14 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Jean-Louis Durocher | 610 | 10.25 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,949 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
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- Municipal Action Group
- Gino Gentile (Jean-Talon) was a first-time candidate.
- Independents
- Nicola L. Corbo (Jean-Talon) was a first-time candidate.
Dorval
More information Electoral District, Position ...
| Electoral District | Position | Total valid votes | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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| Winner | Second place | Third place | Fourth place | Fifth place | ||||
| Mayor | 6,302 | Peter Yeomans 4,430 (70.30%) |
Roger Blais 1,632 (25.90%) |
Pierre Santini 240 (3.80%) |
Sarto Desnoyers | |||
| East Ward 1 | Councillor | 3,152 | Edgar Rouleau 2,141 (67.93%) |
Fernand Claude 1,011 (32.07%) |
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| East Ward 2 | Councillor | 3,201 | Emile Lacoste 1,673 (52.26%) |
Denise Descary Cardinale 1,528 (47.74%) |
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| East Ward 3 | Councillor | 2,940 | Jules Daigle 2,176 (74.01%) |
Gerard Carpentier 764 (25.99%) |
Jules Daigle | |||
| West Ward 1 | Councillor | 3,049 | Robert M. Bourbeau 1,400 (45.92%) |
Robert Viborg 1,010 (33.13%) |
Michel Paquette 639 (20.96%) |
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| West Ward 2 | Councillor | 3,023 | Ian W. Heron 1,365 (45.15%) |
Louis Lefebvre 756 (25.01%) |
Sandra Keightley 590 (19.52%) |
Donald Bilney 175 (5.79%) |
Vito Lamorte 137 (4.53%) |
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| West Ward 3 | Councillor | - | Frank Richmond (acclaimed) | Frank Richmond | ||||
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Source: Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1982, A6.
Montréal-Nord
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| Electoral District | Position | Total valid votes | Candidates | Incumbent | |
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| Renouveau municipal | Others | ||||
| Mayor | 26,070 | Yves Ryan 22,490 (86.27%) |
Suzel Hébert-Godin 3,580 (13.73%) |
Yves Ryan | |
| Ward One | Councillor | 1,856 | Antonin Dupont 1,402 (75.54%) |
L. Thibault 454 (24.46%) |
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| Ward Two | Councillor | 2,232 | Ernest Chartrand 1,887 (84.54%) |
Giuseppe Altomare 345 (15.46%) |
Ernest Chartrand (incumbent for West Quarter, Seat Two) |
| Ward Three | Councillor | 3,126 | Pierre Blain 2,552 (81.64%) |
Pierre Lacombe 574 (18.36%) |
Pierre Blain (incumbent for West Quarter, Seat One) |
| Ward Four | Councillor | 1,902 | Georgette Morin 1,022 (53.73%) |
Morache 571 (30.02%) Bernard Lebrun 260 (13.67%) Petit 49 (2.58%) |
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| Ward Five | Councillor | 2,233 | Maurice Bélanger 1,644 (73.62%) |
André Elliott 509 (22.79%) Kenyon 80 (3.58%) |
Maurice Bélanger (incumbent for Center Quarter, Seat Two) |
| Ward Six | Councillor | 1,902 | Réal Gibeau 1,521 (79.97%) |
Madeleine Aubertin 381 (20.03%) |
Réal Gibeau (incumbent for Center Quarter, Seat One) |
| Ward Seven | Councillor | 2,101 | Jean-Paul Lessard 1,638 (77.96%) |
Roland Gagne 463 (22.04%) |
Jean-Paul Lessard (incumbent for East Quarter, Seat One) |
| Ward Eight | Councillor | 2,188 | Normand Fortin 1,694 (77.42%) |
Richard Robert 494 (22.58%) |
Normand Fortin (incumbent for Center Quarter, Seat Two) |
| Ward Nine | Councillor | 1,924 | Armand Nadeau 1,483 (77.08%) |
Pierre Laperrière 441 (22.92%) |
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| Ward Ten | Councillor | 2,830 | André Coulombe 1,394 (49.26%) |
Phemens (sp?) 1,112 (39.29%) Victor-Levy Beaulieu 324 (11.45%) |
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| Ward Eleven | Councillor | 1,503 | Raymond Paquin 1,124 (74.78%) |
Pierre Robert 229 (15.24%) Tiberio 150 (9.98%) |
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| Ward Twelve | Councillor | 1,712 | Robert Guerrero 1,367 (79.84%) |
André Houle 345 (20.15%) |
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Sources: Montreal Gazette, 6 November 1982, A6; Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1982, A6.
- Saint-Leonard
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| 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Two | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Tommaso Nanci (incumbent) |
795 | 42.09 | |||||
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Joseph Mormina | 778 | 41.19 | |||||
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Vincent Galati | 316 | 16.73 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,889 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Three | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Domenico Moschella | 984 | 45.16 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Yvon Desrochers | 875 | 40.16 | |||||
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Liborio Sciascia | 320 | 14.69 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,179 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Five | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Raymond Renaud (incumbent) |
970 | 44.62 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Pasquale Buttino | 622 | 28.61 | |||||
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Michel Morin | 582 | 26.77 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,174 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Six | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Dominic Perri | 1,112 | 52.11 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Eduardo di Bennardo (incumbent) |
631 | 29.57 | |||||
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Fiorino Bianco | 391 | 18.32 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,134 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Eight | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Basilio Giordano | 910 | 48.56 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Rosario Ortona (incumbent) |
648 | 34.58 | |||||
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Micheline Neveu | 316 | 16.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,874 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Ten | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Pierre Paquet | 961 | 38.49 | |||||
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Jules Lauzon (incumbent) |
913 | 36.56 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Claude Beriault | 463 | 18.54 | |||||
| Independent | Agostino Cannavino | 160 | 6.41 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,497 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. | ||||||||
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| 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Twelve | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Maurice Benoît | 926 | 42.95 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Alfonso Gagliano | 724 | 33.58 | |||||
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Giuseppe Corneli | 506 | 23.47 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,156 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. | ||||||||
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- subsequent by-elections
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| Anjou municipal by-election, September 9, 1984: Councillor, Lucie Bruneau | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Michel Massue | 547 | 52.34 | ||||||
| Pierre Charbonneau | 297 | 28.42 | ||||||
| Mireille Beaudry | 195 | 18.66 | ||||||
| Leon Gerszon | 6 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 1,045 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Montreal Gazette (East Island edition), 12 September 1984, p. 1. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Jean-Paul Morin in July 1984. | ||||||||
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| Saint-Leonard municipal by-election, 30 September 1984: Mayor | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Ralliement de Saint-Léonard | Raymond Renaud | 10,307 | 48.57 | |||||
| Action civique de Saint-Léonard | Domenico Moschella | 5,568 | 26.24 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Rosario Ortona | 5,348 | 25.20 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,223 | 100 | ||||||
| Sources: Il Settimanale, 11 September 1984; Montreal Gazette, 1 October 1984. | ||||||||
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| Saint-Leonard municipal by-election, 21 April 1985: Councillor, Ward Eleven | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Ralliement de Saint-Léonard | Jean-Jacques Goyette | 390 | 27.31 | |||||
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Marcel Gaudreault | 349 | 24.44 | |||||
| Action civique de Saint-Léonard | Vittorio Galerio | 307 | 21.50 | |||||
| Independent | Fiorino Bianco | 293 | 20.52 | |||||
| Independent | Jeannette Masse | 89 | 6.23 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,428 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: "Ruling party's candidate wins St. Leonard seat," Montreal Gazette, 24 April 1985, p. 1. | ||||||||
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Saint-Leonard
- Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard
- Pierre Paquet (Ward Ten) was a Montreal lawyer during the 1980s. He was elected to council in 1982 in his first bid for public office. When the Équipe du renouveau dissolved in 1984, he joined Raymond Renaud's Ralliement de Saint-Léonard, but was dropped from that party's list before 1986 election amid disputed circumstances. Renaud said that Paquet had been largely inactive on council, while Paquet said he had been blocked for asking too many serious questions.[2]
- Union municipale de Saint-Léonard
- Eduardo di Bennardo (Ward Six) was elected to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1978 as a candidate of the Parti de l'alliance municipale. He was defeated in 1982, running for Union municipal.
- Claude Beriault (Ward Ten) appears to have been a first-time candidate.
Longueuil
Jacques Finet of the Parti municipal de Longueuil was elected to his first term as mayor, defeating incumbent Marcel Robidas from the Parti civique de Longueuil. The Parti municipal also won fifteen council seats, as against four for the Parti civique.
Winning candidates are listed in boldface.
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| Electoral District | Position | Total valid votes | Candidates | Incumbent | ||
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| Parti municipal | Parti civique | Independent | ||||
| Mayor | 39,301 | Jacques Finet 19,157 (48.74%) |
Marcel Robidas 19,075 (48.54%) |
Jacques Gendron 1,069 (2.72%)[3] |
Marcel Robidas | |
| District 1 | Councillor | 1,813 | Serge Rathier 606 (33.43%) |
Jacques Bouchard 802 (44.24%) |
Henri Bouclin 205 (11.31%) V. Bourcier 200 (11.03%) |
Jacques Bouchard |
| District 2 | Councillor | 1,935 | Serge Robillard 1,100 (56.85%) |
Marcel Tessier 835 (43.15%) |
Georges Touten | |
| District 3 | Councillor | 1,949 | Claude Gladu 1,010 (51.82%) |
Léonard Boulet 838 (43.00%) |
André Marquette 101 (5.18%) |
Léonard Boulet |
| District 4 | Councillor | 2,412 | Roger Ferland 1,436 (59.54%) |
Yves Lalonde 877 (36.36%) |
H.-P. Germain 99 (4.10%) |
Roger Ferland |
| District 5 | Councillor | 2,352 | Nicole Béliveau 896 (38.10%) |
Géraldine Courchesne 773 (32.87%) |
Robert H. Tremblay 253 (10.76%) M. Robillard 221 (9.40%) G. Dorais 209 (8.89%) |
René Leblanc |
| District 6 | Councillor | 2,284 | Jacques Morissette 1,183 (51.80%) |
Richard Defoy 953 (41.73%) |
Luc Salinovich 148 (6.48%) |
Lorenzo Defoy |
| District 7 | Councillor | 1,621 | Roger Lacombe 712 (43.92%) |
Gérard Thibeault 342 (21.10%) |
Paul-Auguste Briand 567 (34.98%) |
Paul-Auguste Briand |
| District 8 | Councillor | 2,105 | Gilles Déry 1,284 (61.00%) |
Nicole Therrien 821 (39.00%) |
Gilles Déry | |
| District 9 | Councillor | 2,567 | M. Richard 1,200 (46.75%) |
Pierre Nantel 1,367 (53.25%) |
Pierre Nantel | |
| District 10 | Councillor | 2,267 | Florence Mercier 1,492 (65.81%) |
Louis-René Simard 775 (34.19%) |
Jacques Finet | |
| District 11 | Councillor | 1,911 | Serge Sévigny 1,016 (53.17%) |
Lucien Lebrun 895 (46.83%) |
Serge Sévigny | |
| District 12 | Councillor | 1,506 | Lise Sauvé 814 (54.05%) |
Jean-Paul Vermette 692 (45.95%) |
Jean-Paul Vermette | |
| District 13 | Councillor | 2,018 | Solange Boiteau 676 (33.50%) |
Jean-Pierre Trahan 839 (41.58%) |
Omer Leclerc 503 (24.93%) |
Jeannine Labelle |
| District 14 | Councillor | 2,018 | Michel Timperio 1,091 (54.06%) |
Jeannine Lavoie-Picard 927 (45.94%) |
Paul-Émile Paquin | |
| District 15 | Councillor | 1,899 | Florent Charest 810 (42.65%) |
Paul-Émile Paquin 707 (37.23%) |
M. Turgeon 382 (20.12%) |
Jacques Laplante |
| District 16 | Councillor | 1,948 | Georges Touten 960 (49.28%) |
Gaétan Baillargeon 988 (50.72%) |
Benoît Danault | |
| District 17 | Councillor | 1,589 | André Létourneau 1,015 (63.88%) |
Didier Robidas 574 (36.12%) |
André Létourneau | |
| District 18 | Councillor | 2,208 | Jacques Laplante 1,176 (53.26%) |
Laurence Juneau 1,032 (46.74%) |
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| District 19 | Councillor | 2,979 | Benoît Danault 1,978 (66.40%) |
G. Grenier 1,001 (33.60%) |
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Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Le premier mandat 1978 - 1982, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 22, 2014.
- Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed May 16, 2011.
- "New party enters St. Leonard race," Montreal Gazette, September 25, 1986, p. 14; "Five new candidates join St. Leonard mayor's slate," Montreal Gazette, October 2, 1986, p. 8.
- Gendron ran for mayor of Longueuil in 1982 and 1987. During the latter campaign, he was described in the Montreal Gazette as a 49-year-old theatrical production company owner. See James Mennie, "Voters choose mayor Sunday in Longueuil," Montreal Gazette, May 28, 1987, I1. A candidate named Jacques Gendron ran for the House of Commons of Canada in Longueuil as an independent candidate and finished fifth against Liberal Jacques Olivier with 4,548 votes (9.17%); this was presumably the same person. A different Jacques Gendron ran as a candidate of the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 Canadian federal election and for the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2014 provincial election and has twice sought election to Montreal City Council.