Montreal municipal election, 1978

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 Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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.

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 Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, François-Perrault Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Gabriel-Sagard Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Jean-Talon Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Laurier Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Sainte-Marie Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Ville-Marie Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Saint-Henri Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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

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, 6 November 1978, pp. 1-3.

Saint-Léonard

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Three Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Ward Four Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Ward Six Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Ward Eight Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Ward Ten Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Ward Eleven Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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

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		Paul Viau 13,445	Marcel Robidas 15,828	Jean Huot 3,946
District 1	Councillor		Réal Gendron 396	Roger Ferguson 619	Yvon Bourcier 264	Jacques Bouchard 742 Roger Courchesne 96
District 2	Councillor		Georges Touten 1,204	Lucile Roy 1,128		Marc Decelles 824
District 3	Councillor		Henri Bouclin 539	Léonard Boulet 728		Gilles Bouffard 465
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		René Leblanc 835	Armand Lavoie 438	Géraldine Courchesne 434	Fernand Lachapelle 267 André Marquette 137
District 6	Councillor		Robert H. Tremblay 672	Luc Salinovitch 604	Lorenzo Defoy 781
District 7	Councillor		Paul-Auguste Briand 698	Olivette Camaraire 464	Gérard Thibeault 175
District 8	Councillor		Gilles Déry 594	Lorraine Vaillancourt 549	Guy D'Amour 328
District 9	Councillor		Pierre Baril 849	Pierre Nantel 923	Régent Simard 398
District 10	Councillor	2,022	Jacques Finet 996 (49.26%)	André Meunier 871 (43.08%)	Pauline Fleury 155 (7.67%)
District 11	Councillor		Serge Sévigny 616	Georges Cowan 554		Lucien Lebrun 442
District 12	Councillor		Omer Leclerc 600	J. Paul Vermette 874	Francine Charest Beaucage 69
District 13	Councillor		Pauline Nicolas 670	Jeannine Labelle 924	André Lizotte 504	Denis Côté 405
District 14	Councillor		Roméo Lescarbeau 437	Paul-Émile Paquin 709	Marcel Bertrand 233	Florent Charest 244
District 15	Councillor		Jacques Laplante 868	Jean Raymond Payette 554	Michel Timperio 400
District 16	Councillor		Bernard Audet 938	Benoît Danault 947	Fernand Boudreault 166
District 17	Councillor		André Létourneau 827	Nicole Therrien 408	Françoise Gagné 140

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 10 January 2014.

References

1. Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed 16 May 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 was the winner. It is possible that the numbers were accidentally reversed.