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

Mayor
1978 Montreal mayoral election results
Council

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

Electoral District Position Total valid votes Candidates   Incumbent
  Montreal Citizens' Movement   Civic Party   Municipal Action Group   Independents
Longue-Pointe City councillor 6,754   Marius Minier
1,429 (20.14%)
  Luc Larivée
4,100 (57.80%)
  Gérard Nadeau
1,565 (22.06%)
 
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Hochelaga
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, François-Perrault
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Gabriel-Sagard
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Talon
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Laurier
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Sainte-Marie
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Ville-Marie
1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Henri

Results in suburban communities

Dorval

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

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

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Three
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Four
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Six
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Eight
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Ten
1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Eleven

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 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, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 10, 2014.

References

  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.


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