1978 Montreal municipal election

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.[1]

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

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Mayor
1978 Montreal municipal election: Mayor of Montreal
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Jean Drapeau
(incumbent)
212,345 60.89
Municipal Action Group Serge Joyal 89,173 25.57
Montreal Citizens' Movement Guy Duquette 43,522 12.48
Independent Louis Gervais 1,963 0.56
Independent Mariette Lapierre 1,755 0.50
Total valid votes 348,758 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
Council

Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.


1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Longue-Pointe
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Luc Larivée 4,100 57.80
Municipal Action Group Gérard Nadeau 1,565 22.06
Montreal Citizens' Movement Marius Minier 1,429 20.14
Total valid votes 7,094 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Hochelaga
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Pierre Lorange
(incumbent)
4,505 62.15
Municipal Action Group Louis-Pierre Lapointe 1,991 27.47
Montreal Citizens' Movement Claude Roy 753 10.39
Total valid votes 7,249 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, François-Perrault
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Rocco Luccisano
(incumbent)
3,373 58.49
Montreal Citizens' Movement Thérèse Daviau-Bergeron 1,534 26.60
Municipal Action Group Francine Laurencelle 860 14.91
Total valid votes 5,767 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Gabriel-Sagard
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Marc Beaudoin 4,287 60.80
Municipal Action Group Yvon Marcotte 1,961 27.81
Montreal Citizens' Movement Daniel Lauzon 803 11.39
Total valid votes 7,051 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jean-Talon
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal George Savoidakis 2,031 50.95
Montreal Citizens' Movement Leah Markopoulos 1,133 28.42
Municipal Action Group John Brazil 822 20.62
Total valid votes 3,986 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Laurier
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Roger Larivée 3,681 58.99
Montreal Citizens' Movement Louis-André Cadieux 1,483 23.77
Municipal Action Group François Patenaude 1,076 17.24
Total valid votes 6,240 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Sainte-Marie
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Serge Bélanger
(incumbent)
3,752 67.10
Municipal Action Group Georges Massicotte 1,107 19.80
Montreal Citizens' Movement Pauline Laflamme 733 13.11
Total valid votes 5,592 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Ville-Marie
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Joffre Laporte
(incumbent)
1,935 43.91
Montreal Citizens' Movement John Gardiner
(incumbent)
1,463 33.20
Municipal Action Group Charles Dunbar 916 20.79
Independent John Goedike 93 2.11
Total valid votes 4,407 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Henri
Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Party of Montreal Germain Prégent 4,177 69.02
Municipal Action Group Huguette Langevin 1,263 20.87
Montreal Citizens' Movement Pierre Roberge 612 10.11
Total valid votes 6,052 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

Results in suburban communities

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Dorval

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Electoral District Position Total valid votes Candidates Incumbent
Winner Defeated candidate
Mayor Sarto Desnoyers (acclaimed) Sarto Desnoyers
East Ward Councillor Jean-Paul Bernier (acclaimed) Jean-Paul Bernier
East Ward Councillor Peter Yeomans[2] 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 Richmond
1,756 (85.62%)
Douglas Worsley
295 (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

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Electoral District Position Total valid votes Candidates Incumbent
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 Gibeau
1,987 (65.00%)
André Elliott
1,070 (35.00%)
Center Quarter, Seat Two Councillor - Maurice Bélanger (acclaimed) Maurice Bélanger

Source: "Les élections municipales," Le Devoir, 6 November 1978, A3.

Saint-Léonard

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1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Three
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti de l'alliance municipale Robert Benoît 524 26.68
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard Giuseppe Silvestri 427 21.74
Parti civique Vittorio Bonaduce 388 19.76
Independent Claudette Pregent 289 14.71
Independent Donaldo Gianperso 254 12.93
Citoyen et progress Gerald Lalonde 82 4.18
Total valid votes 1,964 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Four
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti civique Joseph Andreoni
co-listed with Don Carducci
765 32.06
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard Giuseppe Mormina 668 28.00
Parti de l'alliance municipale Franco Tutino 483 20.24
Independent Herminio Iadeluca
(incumbent)
387 16.22
Citoyen et progress Linda Nardi 83 3.48
Total valid votes 2,386 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Six
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti de l'alliance municipale Eduardo di Bennardo 596 35.69
Parti civique Francesco Orlando 504 30.18
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard Marcel Dubois 461 27.60
Citoyen et progress Gerard Thibault 109 6.53
Total valid votes 1,670 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Eight
Party Candidate Votes %
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard Rosario Ortona 588 39.28
Parti de l'alliance municipale Louis Tanguay 459 30.66
Parti civique Giovanni Sardo 393 26.25
Citoyen et progress Pierre Bally 57 3.81
Total valid votes 1,497 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Ten
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti de l'alliance municipale Jules Lauzon 965 49.74
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard Filomena Sclapari 594 30.62
Parti civique Benny Morella 325 16.75
Citoyen et progress Marcel Boivin 56 2.89
Total valid votes 1,940 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Eleven
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti de l'alliance municipale Jacques Proulx 822 39.54
Parti civique Vittorio Galerio 579 27.85
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard Jean-Guy Gravel 484 23.28
Citoyen et progress François de Marco
co-listed with Sylvie Dulac
194 9.33
Total valid votes 2,079 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

Information on elected candidates in suburban communities

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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

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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 District Position Total valid votes Candidates Incumbent
Parti municipal Parti civique Parti de la réforme municipale Independent
Mayor 33,219 Paul Viau
13,445 (40.47%)
Marcel Robidas
15,828 (47.65%)
Jean Huot
3,946 (11.88%)
District 1 Councillor 2,117 Réal Gendron
396 (18.71%)
Roger Ferguson
619 (29.24%)
Yvon Bourcier
264 (12.47%)
Jacques Bouchard
742 (35.05%)

Roger Courchesne
96 (4.53%)
District 2 Councillor 3,156 Georges Touten
1,204 (38.15%)
Lucile Roy
1,128 (35.74%)
Marc Decelles
824 (26.11%)
District 3 Councillor 1,732 Henri Bouclin
539 (31.12%)
Léonard Boulet
728 (42.03%)
Gilles Bouffard
465 (26.85%)
District 4 Councillor 2,621 Roger Ferland
1,093 (41.70%)
Bernard Brisson
879 (33.54%)
Henri D'Amour
288 (10.99%)
Gilles Leduc
361 (13.77%)
District 5 Councillor 2,111 René Leblanc
835 (39.55%)
Armand Lavoie
438 (20.75%)
Géraldine Courchesne
434 (20.56%)
Fernand Lachapelle
267 (12.65%)

André Marquette
137 (6.49%)
District 6 Councillor 2,057 Robert H. Tremblay
672 (32.67%)
Luc Salinovitch
604 (29.37%)
Lorenzo Defoy
781 (37.97%)
District 7 Councillor 1,337 Paul-Auguste Briand
698 (52.21%)
Olivette Camaraire
464 (34.70%)
Gérard Thibeault
175 (13.09%)
District 8 Councillor 1,471 Gilles Déry
594 (40.38%)
Lorraine Vaillancourt
549 (37.32%)
Guy D'Amour
328 (22.30%)
District 9 Councillor 2,170 Pierre Baril
849 (39.12%)
Pierre Nantel
923 (42.53%)
Régent Simard
398 (18.34%)
District 10 Councillor 2,022 Jacques Finet
996 (49.26%)
André Meunier
871 (43.08%)
Pauline Fleury
155 (7.67%)
District 11 Councillor 1,612 Serge Sévigny
616 (38.21%)
Georges Cowan
554 (34.37%)
Lucien Lebrun
442 (27.42%)
District 12 Councillor 1,543 Omer Leclerc
600 (38.89%)
J. Paul Vermette
874 (56.64%)
Francine Charest Beaucage
69 (4.47%)
District 13 Councillor 2,503 Pauline Nicolas
670 (26.77%)
Jeannine Labelle
924 (36.92%)
André Lizotte
504 (20.14%)
Denis Côté
405 (16.18%)
District 14 Councillor 1,623 Roméo Lescarbeau
437 (26.93%)
Paul-Émile Paquin
709 (43.68%)
Marcel Bertrand
233 (14.36%)
Florent Charest
244 (15.03%)
District 15 Councillor 1,822 Jacques Laplante
868 (47.64%)
Jean Raymond Payette
554 (30.41%)
Michel Timperio
400 (21.95%)
District 16 Councillor 2,051 Bernard Audet
938 (45.73%)
Benoît Danault
947 (46.17%)
Fernand Boudreault
166 (8.09%)
District 17 Councillor 1,375 André Létourneau
827 (60.15%)
Nicole Therrien
408 (29.67%)
Françoise Gagné
140 (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 Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 10, 2014.

References

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  1. ^ Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed May 16, 2011.
  2. ^ Le 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.