1994 Montreal municipal election

The 1994 Montreal municipal election took place on November 6, 1994. Pierre Bourque was elected to his first term as mayor, defeating incumbent Jean Doré. Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities.

1994 Montreal municipal election

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51 seats in Montreal City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderPierre BourqueJean Doré
PartyVision MontrealCitizens' Movement
Leader since19941982
Last electionpre-creation42 seats, 59.20%
Seats won387
Seat changeIncrease 38Decrease 35
Popular vote135,67891,907
Percentage46.6%31.5%
SwingNewDecrease 27.70%

Mayor before election

Jean Doré
Citizens' Movement

Elected Mayor

Pierre Bourque
Vision Montreal

Results

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Mayor

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1994 Montreal municipal election: Mayor of Montreal
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealPierre Bourque135,67847.61
Montreal Citizens' Movement(x)Jean Doré91,90732.25
Montrealers' PartyJérôme Choquette37,21413.06
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealYolande Cohen12,7374.47
White Elephant PartyMichel Bédard2,6780.94
IndependentCarole Caron1,4330.50
IndependentJean-Luc Bonspiel9730.34
IndependentGlenmore Browne8180.29
IndependentPatricia Métivier7090.25
IndependentCarl Zephir4380.15
IndependentMarc Rainville3790.13
Total valid votes284,964100
Source: Official results, City of Montreal.

Council (incomplete)

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

Results for city councillor
  Vision Montreal: 38 seats
  Montreal Citizens' Movement: 7 seats
  Independents: 3 seats
  Montrealers' Party: 2 seats
  Democratic Coalition: 1 seat
Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidates Incumbent
 Montreal Citizens' Movement Vision Montreal Montrealers' Party Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Others
40HochelagaCity councillor4,374 Diane Barbeau
1,654 (39.89%)
 Luc Larivée
2,040 (49.20%)
 Martin Baller
329 (7.94%)
 Clément Schreiber
123 (2.97%)
 Diane Barbeau
46TétreauvilleCity councillor6,296 Nicole Milhomme
1,846 (29.32%)
 Jean-Guy Deschamps
3,465 (55.03%)
  Sylvain Lapalme
181 (2.87%)
 Joseph Salerno (Ind.)
804 (12.77%)
 Nicole Milhomme


1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Ahuntsic
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealHasmig Belleli3,45846.19
Montreal Citizens' MovementMichel L'Allier2,18229.15
Montrealers' PartyMichel Bureau94312.60
IndependentGhassan Saba5727.64
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealJean-Pierre Le Blanc2032.71
White Elephant PartyChristian Coutu1281.71
Total valid votes7,486100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Sulpice
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealMaurice Beauchamp2,60239.26
Independent(x)Michel Benoit2,12532.06
Montreal Citizens' MovementDaniel Ducharme1,54023.23
Montrealers' PartyKarine Hénault2633.97
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealMax de Carrier981.48
Total valid votes6,628100
Source: Official results, City of Montreal.
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Michel
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealPaolo Tamburello2,40346.81
Montrealers' PartyPasquale Compierchio (incumbent)1,71133.33
Montreal Citizens' MovementDonato Caivano73714.36
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealMichele A. Benigno2835.51
Total valid votes5,134100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealDaniel Boucher1,95446.85
Montreal Citizens' MovementMicheline Daigle
(incumbent)
1,33832.08
Montrealers' PartyAntoinette Corrado67216.11
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealPietro Bozzo2074.96
Total valid votes4,171100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, François-Perrault
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealVittorio Capparelli2,27748.16
Montreal Citizens' MovementLyse Brunet1,30327.56
Montrealers' PartyFrank Venneri1,00021.15
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealMario Laquerre1483.13
Total valid votes4,728100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Montreal Citizens' Movement(x)Konstantinos Georgoulis2,41933.64
Vision MontrealAngelos Diacoumacos1,96827.37
IndependentSofoklis Rasoulis95913.34
IndependentChristos Karidogiannis82811.51
Montrealers' PartyGeorge Savoidakis80411.18
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealPeter Stamadianos2132.96
Total valid votes7,191100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Étienne-Desmarteau division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealMichelle Daines3,32254.58
Montreal Citizens' Movement(x)Lea Cousineau2,17735.77
Montrealers' PartyPierre-Érick Noël4347.13
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealJoseph Vega1532.51
Total valid votes6,086100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Laurier
PartyCandidateVotes%
Montreal Citizens' MovementLouise Roy2,25439.93
Vision MontrealMonique Côté2,11737.50
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealYolande Cohen67611.98
Montrealers' PartyGilbert Thibodeau4558.06
White Elephant PartyBenoît Mainguy881.56
IndependentRichard Lemay550.97
Total valid votes5,645100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Peter-McGill division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealGeorgine Coutu1,69437.35
Independent(x)Nick Auf der Maur1,46932.39
Montreal Citizens' MovementMalcolm McLean64014.11
Montrealers' PartyVan H. Petteway47710.52
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealDouglas Buckley-Couvrette2034.48
White Elephant PartyPierre Corbeil531.17
Total valid votes4,536100
Source: Official results, City of Montreal.
1994 Montreal municipal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealAimé Charron2,59847.90
Montrealers' Party(x)Fiorino Bianco1,42326.24
IndependentGeorges Roman59711.01
IndependentPierre Boucher4438.17
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealRossa Vaccaro2284.20
IndependentAntonio Bocchicchio1352.49
Total valid votes5,424100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealGermain Prégent
(incumbent)
2,71371.13
Montreal Citizens' MovementBenoît St-Jean67817.78
Montrealers' PartyDave Schuilenburg2245.87
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealMichael Chamberlain1995.22
Total valid votes3,814100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Louis-Riel division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision Montreal(x)Jacques Charbonneau4,35461.80
Montreal Citizens' MovementYves Bougie1,81425.75
Montrealers' PartyFabienne Bouchard74010.50
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealPhillip Chee1371.94
Total valid votes7,045100
Source: Official results, City of Montreal.
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Longue-Pointe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealClaire St-Arnaud2,48247.93
Montreal Citizens' MovementNicole Boudreau (incumbent)1,96737.99
Montrealers' PartyRonald Gosselin5079.79
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealJacynthe Simard2224.29
Total valid votes5,178100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal
1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Honoré-Beaugrand division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Vision MontrealIvon Le Duc2,67939.83
Montreal Citizens' Movement(x)Scott McKay2,42236.01
Montrealers' PartyDenis Proulx1,12516.73
Democratic Coalition–Ecology MontrealJulie Leduc2623.90
IndependentGilles Simard1562.32
White Elephant PartyGuylaine Brisebois821.22
Total valid votes6,726100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

Information on the candidates

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Montreal Citizens' Movement
  • Michel L'Allier (Ahuntsic), Donato Caivano (Saint-Michel), and Lise Brunet (François-Perrault) were first-time candidates.
Montrealers' Party
Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal
  • Jean-Pierre Le Blanc (Ahuntsic) was a first-time candidate.
  • Michele A. Benigno (Saint-Michel) fought for the closure of the Miron landfill in the 1994 election.[2] She later sought election to the English Montreal School Board in 2003 and lost to Rocco Barbieri. Four years later, she ran as part of Barbieri's electoral alliance and was again defeated.[3]
  • Pietro Bozzo (Jean-Rivard) was a first-time candidate. He later served as executive director of the Yellow Door, an activist resource center.[4]
  • Mario Laquerre (François-Perrault) is a specialist in urban affairs. He studied possible uses for the abandoned Francon Quarry in north-end Montreal during the 1990s and, in the 1994 campaign, articulated his party's position that parts of the quarry could be converted to a giant urban campsite.[5] Laquerre also co-ordinated a local residents group that opposed the Miron quarry landfill site, an active garbage dump located within the city limits.[6] After the 1994 election, he served as president of the Front Commun Québécois pour une Gestion Écologique des Déchets (which sought to limit the shipment of garbage among Quebec's regions) and worked for the group RECYQ-QUÉBEC.[7]
Independents
  • Ghassan Saba (Ahuntsic) had previously been a Montreal Citizens' Movement candidate in the 1990 municipal election. A newspaper report from that election listed him as a thirty-eight-year-old investment counsellor.[8]

Suburban results

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Dorval

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All members of the Dorval city council were re-elected without opposition.

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent
Winner
Mayor-Peter Yeomans (acclaimed)Peter Yeomans
East Ward 1Councillor-Edgar Rouleau (acclaimed)Edgar Rouleau
East Ward 2Councillor-Emile LaCoste (acclaimed)Emile LaCoste
East Ward 3Councillor-Raymond Lauzon (acclaimed)Raymond Lauzon
West Ward 1Councillor-Robert M. Bourbeau (acclaimed)Robert M. Bourbeau
West Ward 2Councillor-Ian W. Heron (acclaimed)Ian W. Heron
West Ward 3Councillor-Heather Allard (acclaimed)Heather Allard

Source: "Who's running where in Nov. 6 elections," Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994, F2.

Montreal North

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Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent
Renouveau municipalCollectivité de Montréal-NordIndependent
Mayor18,619Yves Ryan
16,459 (88.40%)
Jean-Pierre Menard
2,160 (11.60%)
Yves Ryan
District 1Councillor1,604Antonin Dupont
1,332 (83.04%)
Diane Dupont
272 (16.96%)
Antonin Dupont
District 2Councillor1,695Michelle Allaire
1,531 (90.32%)
Guy Devin
164 (9.68%)
Michelle Allaire
District 3Councillor2,167Pierre Blain
1,665 (76.83%)
Bertrand Wall
328 (15.14%)
Michel Renaud
174 (8.03%)
Pierre Blain
District 4Councillor-Georgette Morin (acclaimed)Georgette Morin
District 5Councillor-Maurice Belanger (acclaimed)Maurice Belanger
District 6Councillor-Réal Gibeau (acclaimed)Réal Gibeau
District 7Councillor1,826Jean-Paul Lessard
1,389 (76.07%)
Jacqueline Roy
437 (23.93%)
Jean-Paul Lessard
District 8Councillor1,572Normand Fortin
1,228 (78.12%)
Elaine Bissonnette
344 (21.88%)
Normand Fortin
District 9Councillor1,343James Infantino
1,079 (80.34%)
Lise Leonard
264 (19.66%)
Armand Nadeau[9]
District 10Councillor1,963Andre Coulombe
1,597 (81.36%)
Jocelyne Millaire
366 (18.64%)
Andre Coulombe
District 11Councillor1,061Raymond Paquin
908 (85.58%)
Lazard Vertus
153 (14.42%)
Raymond Paquin
District 12Councillor1,283Robert Guerriero
1,110 (86.52%)
Claude Forest
173 (13.48%)
Robert Guerriero

Source: "Voting Results: The Final Count," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1994, A4.

Saint-Leonard

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1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Three
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti Municipal(x)Mario Battistaaccl..
Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Four
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti Municipal(x)Italo Barone1,21472.09
IndependentJoseph Mormina47027.91
Total valid votes1,684100
Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Six
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti Municipal(x)Dominic Perriaccl..
Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Seven
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti Municipal(x)Yvette Bissonnetaccl.
Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Eight
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti Municipal(x)Vincenzo Arciresiaccl..
Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Ten
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti Municipal(x)Domenico Moschellaaccl..
Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Twelve
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti municipal(x)Robert Zambito84553.45
IndependentGiacomo Vigna73646.55
Total valid votes1,581100
Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

Information on candidates in suburban communities

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Independents

Results in other Montreal-area communities

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Parti municipal de Longueuil leader Claude Gladu was elected to his first term as mayor, succeeding Roger Ferland. The Parti municipal won fourteen seats on council, while former mayor Jacques Finet's Alliance de Longueuil won the remaining six.

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent
Parti municipalParti LongueuilloisAlliance de LongueuilIndependent
Mayor47,185Claude Gladu
19,223 (40.74%)
Gisèle Hamelin
14,041 (29.76%)
Jacques Finet
13,921 (29.50%)
Roger Ferland
Ward OneCouncillor1,850Joël Gamache
650 (35.14%)
Claude Nephtali
557 (30.11%)
Richard Gagnon
643 (34.76%)
Pierre Beaudry
Ward TwoCouncillor2,425Mario Genest
854 (35.22%)
Martin Clark
617 (25.44%)
Cécile Langevin
954 (39.34%)
Cécile Langevin
Ward ThreeCouncillor2,105Henri Dubois
1,251 (59.43%)
Anne-Marie Bischoff
396 (18.81%)
Diane Smith
458 (21.76%)
Claude Gladu
Ward FourCouncillor2,374Gérald Marcil
902 (37.99%)
Bernard Lacelles
531 (22.37%)
Sylvie Robidas
941 (39.64%)
Sylvie Robidas
Ward FiveCouncillor2,076Nicole Béliveau
1,068 (51.45%)
Yves Ferron
474 (22.83%)
Sylvie Grenier
534 (25.72%)
Nicole Béliveau
Ward SixCouncillor2,095Réjean Vincent
470 (22.43%)
Ginette Lemarier
659 (31.46%)
Normand Caisse
966 (46.11%)
Jacques Morissette
Ward SevenCouncillor2,267Alain St-Pierre
1,102 (48.61%)
Martin Daraîche
497 (21.92%)
Charles A. Ashton
668 (29.47%)
Roger Lacombe
Ward EightCouncillor2,022Johane Deshaies
866 (42.83%)
Jean Claude D’Amour
485 (23.99%)
Suzanne Cyr
671 (33.18%)
Johane Deshaies
Ward NineCouncillor2,585Nicole Lafontaine
1,056 (40.85%)
Jacqueline Bonenfant
721 (27.89%)
Pierre Nantel
808 (31.26%)
Pierre Nantel
Ward TenCouncillor2,026Manon Hénault
1,039 (51.28%)
Olivette Rousseau
474 (23.40%)
Jean Babin
513 (25.32%)
Manon Hénault
Ward ElevenCouncillor2,396Serge Sévigny
982 (40.98%)
Constant Jeanty
598 (24.96%)
Pierre Pétroni
816 (34.06%)
Serge Sévigny
Ward TwelveCouncillor2,410Lise Sauvé
1,060 (43.98%)
Micheline Ward
325 (13.49%)
Michel Champagne
1,025 (42.53%)
Michel Champagne
Ward ThirteenCouncillor2,272Bertrand Girard
866 (38.12%)
Omer Leclerc
570 (25.09%)
Jean St-Hilaire
836 (36.80%)
Jean St-Hilaire
Ward FourteenCouncillor2,125Ginette Lalonde
653 (30.73%)
Jean-Pierre Trahan
184 (8.66%)
Michel Timperio
1,288 (60.61%)
Michel Timperio
Ward FifteenCouncillor2,320Henri Charbonneau
721 (31.08%)
Arthur Méthot
540 (23.28%)
Florent Charest
1,059 (45.65%)
Florent Charest
Ward SixteenCouncillor2,155Pierre Beaudry
882 (40.93%)
Joanne Savoie
614 (28.49%)
Thérèse Lafrenière
659 (30.58%)
Georges Touten
Ward SeventeenCouncillor2,506Claude Lamoureux
1,040 (41.50%)
Gérald Varichon
391 (15.60%)
Pierre Racicot
1,075 (42.90%)
Pierre Racicot
Ward EighteenCouncillor2,934Jacques Milette
1,365 (46.52%)
Richard Briggs
624 (21.27%)
Marc Lachance
945 (32.21%)
Jacques Milette
Ward NineteenCouncillor2,975Claudette Tessier
1,465 (49.24%)
Pierre Plourde
711 (23.90%)
Pierre Lestage
740 (24.87%)
Raymond Lévesque
59 (1.98%)
Benoît Danault
Ward TwentyCouncillor2,910Simon Crochetière
1,283 (44.09%)
Pardo Chiocchio
835 (28.69%)
Léo Paduano
792 (27.22%)
Léo Paduano

Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: "Roger Ferland, le gestionnaire", Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed February 27, 2014.

References

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  1. ^ Brenda Branswell, "Voter turnout key to school boards' future; Candidates hope people will show up at polls tomorrow," Montreal Gazette, November 3, 2007, A1.
  2. ^ Graeme Hamilton, "Broken promises; St. Michel residents filled with political skepticism, especially when it comes to the Miron garbage dump," Montreal Gazette, November 3, 1994, A4.
  3. ^ Brenda Branswell, "Voter turnout key to school boards' future; Candidates hope people will show up at polls tomorrow," Montreal Gazette, November 3, 2007, A1.
  4. ^ Susan Schwartz, "Celebrities create collection plates for Mazon; And community centre supporters show style," Montreal Gazette, December 12, 2011, A29.
  5. ^ Paul Wells, "Quarry would make good campsite: party; North-end pit to continue as snow dump," Montreal Gazette, September 24, 1994, p. 3.
  6. ^ Graeme Hamilton, "Broken promises; St. Michel residents filled with political skepticism, especially when it comes to the Miron garbage dump," Montreal Gazette, November 3, 1994, p. 4; Anne McIlroy, "Neighbors fed up with life on edge of the pit," Montreal Gazette, November 21, 1994, p. 3.
  7. ^ Lynn Moore, "Protesters want tougher garbage laws," Montreal Gazette, November 5, 1995, p. 3; Rita Legault, "Grant funds composting education program: Turning organic waste into compost is a simple and inexpensive process: Morency," Montreal Gazette, April 10, 2001, p. 3.
  8. ^ Paul Wells, "Prosperous Cartierville is having its problems; Region 1: Ahuntsic/Cartierville," Montreal Gazette, October 22, 1990, A8.
  9. ^ Mike King, "Battling 272 years of experience; Mayor and his team have been in power since 1963," Montreal Gazette, October 21, 1994, A4.
  10. ^ "Case delayed in suit against St. Leonard by ex-secretary," Montreal Gazette, May 22, 1986, p. 6. Raymond Renaud won the by-election and subsequently fired Mormina's wife, who worked a secretary in the mayor's office. She later charged Renaud with wrongful dismissal.
  11. ^ Mormina was thirty-eight years old during this election. "St. Leonard party unites defectors and former rivals," Montreal Gazette, October 9, 1986, p. 8.