1985 Quebec municipal elections

Elections in Quebec, Canada September 2023 Several municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections to elect mayors and councillors on November 3, 1985. Municipal elections were not held in Montreal, Quebec's largest city, in this electoral cycle. The previous municipal election in Montreal took place in 1982 and the next was scheduled for 1986. Results (incomplete) Verdun Former Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament (MP) Raymond Savard was elected to his first term as mayor in the on-island Montreal suburb of Verdun, narrowly defeating Georges Bossé in a crowded field. Bossé's Municipal Action Party won six seats on council, as opposed to only four for Savard's Verdun Citizens' Movement. Former Liberal cabinet minister Bryce Mackasey was defeated in his bid for a council seat. One of the leading issues in this election was the proposed annexation of Verdun into the city of Montreal. The Verdun Unity Party supported this position and was rejected at the polls; all of the party's candidates, including three incumbent councillors, were defeated. Incumbent councillor Robert Filiatraut was re-elected as a candidate of the Verdun Anti-Annexation Party. Nuns' Island (Division 1) was an outlier in this election, with a pro-annexation independent candidate winning an overwhelming victory.Daniel Kucharsky, "Verdun voters reject annexation backers," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1985, A1. See also Ingrid Peritz & Daniel Kurcharsky, "Montreal wants talks on Nun's Island," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1985, A5. Party colours in the results listed below have been randomly chosen and do not indicate affiliation with or resemblance to any municipal, provincial, or federal party. Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidates Parti d'action municipale(Municipal Action Party) Parti de l'Unité de Verdun(Verdun Unity Party) Regroupement des Citoyens de Verdun(Verdun Citizens' Movement) Parti contre l'annexion de Verdun(Verdun Anti-Annexation Party) Parti civique de Verdun(Verdun Civic Party) Independents Mayor 24,522   Georges Bossé7,987 (32.57%)   Robert Liboiron4,886 (19.92%)   Raymond Savard8,232 (33.57%)   Maurice Trudeau2,372 (9.67%)   Robert Mailhot337 (1.37%)   Eddy Vigneau708 (2.89%) District 1 City councillor 2,142       André Lecocq16 (0.75%)   Richard Lamontagne15 (0.70%)   Jean-Pierre Mailhot10 (0.47%)   Arthur Benarroch1,730 (80.77%)Danielle D. Hébert189 (8.82%)André Claude Gagnier182 (8.50%) District 2 City councillor 1,992   Jacques Lauzon753 (37.80%)   Jean-Paul Leblanc414 (20.78%)   Claudette Gauthier210 (10.54%)   Réjean Lacoste (incumbent)615 (30.87%)     District 3 City councillor 1,956   Raymond Burnett490 (25.05%)   Pierre Paquette363 (18.56%)   Frank Renzo401 (20.50%)   Robert Filiatraut (incumbent)627 (32.06%)     Daniel Bertrand75 (3.83%) District 4 City councillor 2,054   Jocelyn Beauvais745 (36.27%)   Nicole Brault-Greco437 (21.28%)   Paul Beaupré430 (20.93%)   Alain Tassé411 (20.01%)   Gilbert Léger31 (1.51%)   District 5 City councillor 1,879   Louis Leblanc695 (36.99%)   Jean-Paul Paquette (incumbent)305 (16.23%)   Richard St-Amour331 (17.62%)   Marcel Bourassa409 (21.77%)   Mary MacNaughton33 (1.76%)   Marc Vaillancourt106 (5.64%) District 6 City councillor 1,985   Laurent Dugas734 (36.98%)   Yvon Bernier (incumbent)402 (20.25%)   Jules Provost433 (21.81%)   Réal Lapierre372 (18.74%)   Carmen Goedike44 (2.22%)   District 7 City councillor 2,211   Claude Ravary850 (38.44%)   Jean-Paul Belisle (incumbent)573 (25.92%)   Johanne Côté637 (28.81%)   Réjean Dugas125 (5.65%)   Lucien Richard26 (1.18%)   District 8 City councillor 1,603   Jeannine Trainor494 (30.82%)   Jean-Paul Richard287 (17.91%)   Elliot Goldsborough564 (35.18%)   Charles Sylvestre146 (9.11%)   Jean Letourneau112 (6.99%)   District 9 City councillor 2,028   Marcel H. Girard519 (25.59%)   Pauline Charpentier302 (14.89%)   Jocelyn Théroux-Méager943 (46.50%)   Geneviève Dugas177 (8.73%)   Eric Hill87 (4.29%)   District 10 City councillor 2,210   Robert Noël DeTilly675 (30.54%)   Marcel Brisebois295 (13.35%)   Maurice Couturier724 (32.76%)   Bryce Mackasey462 (20.90%)     Bernard Deschamps54 (2.44%) District 11 City councillor 2,511   Suzanne Dunne1.093 (43.53%)   Ralph Damato228 (9.08%)   Robert Blanchette1,010 (40.22%)   Odette Gloutnay162 (6.45%)   Manon Mosseau18 (0.72%)   District 12 City councillor 1,876   Jacqueline Quinn518 (27.61%)   Gerald Patrick O'Reilly380 (20.26%)   John Gallagher786 (41.90%)   Richard Archambault129 (6.88%)     Arthur Wilsher63 (3.36%) Source: "Final results for Verdun, Hudson, Montreal East," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1985, A6. References 1985