1978 Montreal municipal election

Election in Quebec, Canada September 2017 The 1978 Montreal municipal election took place on November 12, 1978, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected to another four-year term in office, defeating Canadian federal parliamentarian Serge Joyal.Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed May 16, 2011. Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities in November 1978. Most suburban elections took place on November 5; the election in Saint-Léonard was held on November 12. Results Mayor Council Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party. Results in suburban communities Dorval Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent Winner Defeated candidate Mayor Sarto Desnoyers (acclaimed) Sarto Desnoyers East Ward Councillor Jean-Paul Bernier (acclaimed) Jean-Paul Bernier East Ward Councillor Peter YeomansLe Devoir describes Rioux as having defeated Yeomans by 1,449 votes to 1,227. This is contradicted by several other sources describing Yeomans as the winner. It is possible that the numbers were accidentally reversed. Michel Rioux Michel Rioux East Ward Councillor Jean J. Cardinal (acclaimed) West Ward Councillor Roy Amaron (acclaimed) Roy Amaron West Ward Councillor Geoffrey Ballance (acclaimed) Geoffrey Ballance West Ward 3 Councillor Frank Richmond1,756 (85.62%) Douglas Worsley295 (14.38%) Frank Richmond Source: Rodolphe Morissette, "Quatre nouveaux maires sur l'île de Montréal," Le Devoir, November 6, 1978, pp. 1-3. Montréal-Nord Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent Renouveau municipal Others Mayor - Yves Ryan (acclaimed) Yves Ryan East Quarter, Seat One Councillor - Jean-Paul Lessard (acclaimed) Jean-Paul Lessard East Quarter, Seat Two Councillor - Normand Fortin (acclaimed) West Quarter, Seat One Councillor - Pierre Blain (acclaimed) Pierre Blain West Quarter, Seat Two Councillor - Ernest Chartrand (acclaimed) Ernest Chartrand Center Quarter, Seat One Councillor - Réal Gibeau1,987 (65.00%) André Elliott1,070 (35.00%) Center Quarter, Seat Two Councillor - Maurice Bélanger (acclaimed) Maurice Bélanger Source: "Les élections municipales," Le Devoir, 6 November 1978, A3. Saint-Léonard Information on elected candidates in suburban communities Parti de l'alliance municipale Robert Benoît (Ward Three) was elected in a close contest over five opponents. He did not seek re-election in 1982. Elections in other Montreal-area communities Longueuil The 1978 municipal election in Longueuil did not produce a clear winner. Marcel Robidas of the Parti civique de Longueuil was re-elected as mayor, but nine of the seventeen council seats were won by the opposition Parti municipal de Longueuil. Winning candidates appear in boldface. Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent Parti municipal Parti civique Parti de la réforme municipale Independent Mayor 33,219 Paul Viau13,445 (40.47%) Marcel Robidas15,828 (47.65%) Jean Huot3,946 (11.88%) District 1 Councillor 2,117 Réal Gendron396 (18.71%) Roger Ferguson619 (29.24%) Yvon Bourcier264 (12.47%) Jacques Bouchard742 (35.05%)Roger Courchesne96 (4.53%) District 2 Councillor 3,156 Georges Touten1,204 (38.15%) Lucile Roy1,128 (35.74%) Marc Decelles824 (26.11%) District 3 Councillor 1,732 Henri Bouclin539 (31.12%) Léonard Boulet728 (42.03%) Gilles Bouffard465 (26.85%) District 4 Councillor 2,621 Roger Ferland1,093 (41.70%) Bernard Brisson879 (33.54%) Henri D'Amour288 (10.99%) Gilles Leduc361 (13.77%) District 5 Councillor 2,111 René Leblanc835 (39.55%) Armand Lavoie438 (20.75%) Géraldine Courchesne434 (20.56%) Fernand Lachapelle267 (12.65%)André Marquette137 (6.49%) District 6 Councillor 2,057 Robert H. Tremblay672 (32.67%) Luc Salinovitch604 (29.37%) Lorenzo Defoy781 (37.97%) District 7 Councillor 1,337 Paul-Auguste Briand698 (52.21%) Olivette Camaraire464 (34.70%) Gérard Thibeault175 (13.09%) District 8 Councillor 1,471 Gilles Déry594 (40.38%) Lorraine Vaillancourt549 (37.32%) Guy D'Amour328 (22.30%) District 9 Councillor 2,170 Pierre Baril849 (39.12%) Pierre Nantel923 (42.53%) Régent Simard398 (18.34%) District 10 Councillor 2,022 Jacques Finet996 (49.26%) André Meunier871 (43.08%) Pauline Fleury155 (7.67%) District 11 Councillor 1,612 Serge Sévigny616 (38.21%) Georges Cowan554 (34.37%) Lucien Lebrun442 (27.42%) District 12 Councillor 1,543 Omer Leclerc600 (38.89%) J. Paul Vermette874 (56.64%) Francine Charest Beaucage69 (4.47%) District 13 Councillor 2,503 Pauline Nicolas670 (26.77%) Jeannine Labelle924 (36.92%) André Lizotte504 (20.14%) Denis Côté405 (16.18%) District 14 Councillor 1,623 Roméo Lescarbeau437 (26.93%) Paul-Émile Paquin709 (43.68%) Marcel Bertrand233 (14.36%) Florent Charest244 (15.03%) District 15 Councillor 1,822 Jacques Laplante868 (47.64%) Jean Raymond Payette554 (30.41%) Michel Timperio400 (21.95%) District 16 Councillor 2,051 Bernard Audet938 (45.73%) Benoît Danault947 (46.17%) Fernand Boudreault166 (8.09%) District 17 Councillor 1,375 André Létourneau827 (60.15%) Nicole Therrien408 (29.67%) Françoise Gagné140 (10.18%) Post-election changes: Paul-Auguste Briand was subsequently expelled from the Parti municipal for breaking with the party on a vote pertaining to the Place Longueuil. This deprived by Parti municipal of its working majority on council. Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Les origines du Parti municipal https://web.archive.org/web/20140202094551/http://marigot.ca/Pml/chapitre1.htm February 2, 2014 , Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 10, 2014. References Category:1978 Quebec municipal elections Category:Municipal elections in Montreal Category:1978 in Montreal Category:November 1978 in Canada