1982 Montreal municipal election

The 1982 Montreal municipal election took place on November 14, 1982, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected for what turned out to be his final term in office, defeating challenger Jean Doré.^[1]

Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities in November 1982. Most suburban elections were held on November 7.

Results

Mayor

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Mayor of Montreal
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Civic Party of Montreal		Jean Drapeau (incumbent)	174,306	48.10
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Jean Doré	129,706	35.79
Municipal Action Group		Henri-Paul Vignola	54,890	15.15
Independent		Gilles Gervais	1,397	0.39
Independent		Patricia Métivier	1,222	0.34
Independent		Katy Le Rougetel	892	0.25
Total valid votes			362,413	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Council (incomplete)

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

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes		Montreal Citizens' Movement		Civic Party		Municipal Action Group		Independents		Incumbent
Longue-Pointe	City councillor	6,754		Nicole Boudreau 2,793 (41.35%)		Luc Larivée 3,463 (51.27%)		Nola Poirier 498 (7.37%)				Luc Larivée

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Civic Party of Montreal		Pierre Lorange (incumbent)	3,669	63.34
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Robert Aubin	1,382	23.86
Municipal Action Group		Jean Guimond	742	12.81
Total valid votes			5,793	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, François-Perrault
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Civic Party of Montreal		Rocco Luccisano (incumbent)	3,525	54.45
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Rolland Masson	2,102	32.47
Municipal Action Group		William Siemienski	847	13.08
Total valid votes			6,474	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Gabriel-Sagard
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Civic Party of Montreal		Marc Beaudoin (incumbent)	3,448	50.26
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Consolato Gattuso	1,900	27.69
Municipal Action Group		Pierre Harel	1,124	16.38
Independent		Marcel Paquet	389	5.67
Total valid votes			6,861	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jean-Talon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Civic Party of Montreal		George Savoidakis (incumbent)	3,118	52.55
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Vittorio Capparelli	1,481	24.96
Municipal Action Group		Gino Gentile	1,113	18.76
Independent		Nicola L. Corbo	221	3.72
Total valid votes			5,933	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Laurier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Robert Perreault	2,635	49.73
Civic Party of Montreal		Roger Larivée (incumbent)	2,137	40.33
Municipal Action Group		Gilles Côté	527	9.95
Total valid votes			5,299	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Sainte-Marie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Civic Party of Montreal		Serge Bélanger (incumbent)	3,342	52.23
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Roger Marchand	2,751	42.99
Municipal Action Group		Gaétan Toussaint	306	4.78
Total valid votes			6,399	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Ville-Marie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Citizens' Movement		John Gardiner	2,459	49.49
Civic Party of Montreal		Joffre Laporte (incumbent)	1,689	33.99
Municipal Action Group		Mona Forrest	652	13.12
Independent		Kenneth Cheung	169	3.40
Total valid votes			4,969	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Henri
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Civic Party of Montreal		Germain Prégent (incumbent)	4,379	73.61
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Raymond Drennan	960	16.14
Municipal Action Group		Jean-Louis Durocher	610	10.25
Total valid votes			5,949	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Information about the candidates

Municipal Action Group

Gino Gentile (Jean-Talon) was a first-time candidate.

Independents

Nicola L. Corbo (Jean-Talon) was a first-time candidate.

Results in suburban communities

Dorval

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Winner	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Incumbent
	Mayor	6,302	Peter Yeomans 4,430 (70.30%)	Roger Blais 1,632 (25.90%)	Pierre Santini 240 (3.80%)			Sarto Desnoyers
East Ward 1	Councillor	3,152	Edgar Rouleau 2,141 (67.93%)	Fernand Claude 1,011 (32.07%)
East Ward 2	Councillor	3,201	Emile Lacoste 1,673 (52.26%)	Denise Descary Cardinale 1,528 (47.74%)
East Ward 3	Councillor	2,940	Jules Daigle 2,176 (74.01%)	Gerard Carpentier 764 (25.99%)				Jules Daigle
West Ward 1	Councillor	3,049	Robert M. Bourbeau 1,400 (45.92%)	Robert Viborg 1,010 (33.13%)	Michel Paquette 639 (20.96%)
West Ward 2	Councillor	3,023	Ian W. Heron 1,365 (45.15%)	Louis Lefebvre 756 (25.01%)	Sandra Keightley 590 (19.52%)	Donald Bilney 175 (5.79%)	Vito Lamorte 137 (4.53%)
West Ward 3	Councillor	-	Frank Richmond (acclaimed)					Frank Richmond

Source: Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1982, A6.

Montréal-Nord

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates		Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Renouveau municipal	Others	Incumbent
	Mayor	26,070	Yves Ryan 22,490 (86.27%)	Suzel Hébert-Godin 3,580 (13.73%)	Yves Ryan
Ward One	Councillor	1,856	Antonin Dupont 1,402 (75.54%)	L. Thibault 454 (24.46%)	-
Ward Two	Councillor	2,232	Ernest Chartrand 1,887 (84.54%)	Giuseppe Altomare 345 (15.46%)	Ernest Chartrand (incumbent for West Quarter, Seat Two)
Ward Three	Councillor	3,126	Pierre Blain 2,552 (81.64%)	Pierre Lacombe 574 (18.36%)	Pierre Blain (incumbent for West Quarter, Seat One)
Ward Four	Councillor	1,902	Georgette Morin 1,022 (53.73%)	Morache 571 (30.02%) Bernard Lebrun 260 (13.67%) Petit 49 (2.58%)	-
Ward Five	Councillor	2,233	Maurice Bélanger 1,644 (73.62%)	André Elliott 509 (22.79%) Kenyon 80 (3.58%)	Maurice Bélanger (incumbent for Center Quarter, Seat Two)
Ward Six	Councillor	1,902	Réal Gibeau 1,521 (79.97%)	Madeleine Aubertin 381 (20.03%)	Réal Gibeau (incumbent for Center Quarter, Seat One)
Ward Seven	Councillor	2,101	Jean-Paul Lessard 1,638 (77.96%)	Roland Gagne 463 (22.04%)	Jean-Paul Lessard (incumbent for East Quarter, Seat One)
Ward Eight	Councillor	2,188	Normand Fortin 1,694 (77.42%)	Richard Robert 494 (22.58%)	Normand Fortin (incumbent for Center Quarter, Seat Two)
Ward Nine	Councillor	1,924	Armand Nadeau 1,483 (77.08%)	Pierre Laperrière 441 (22.92%)	-
Ward Ten	Councillor	2,830	André Coulombe 1,394 (49.26%)	Phemens (sp?) 1,112 (39.29%) Victor-Levy Beaulieu 324 (11.45%)	-
Ward Eleven	Councillor	1,503	Raymond Paquin 1,124 (74.78%)	Pierre Robert 229 (15.24%) Tiberio 150 (9.98%)	-
Ward Twelve	Councillor	1,712	Robert Guerrero 1,367 (79.84%)	André Houle 345 (20.15%)	-

Sources: Montreal Gazette, 6 November 1982, A6; Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1982, A6.

Saint-Leonard

v t e 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Two
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Tommaso Nanci (incumbent)	795	42.09
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard		Joseph Mormina	778	41.19
Parti de l'alliance municipale		Vincent Galati	316	16.73
Total valid votes			1,889	100
Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4.

v t e 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Three
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard		Domenico Moschella	984	45.16
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Yvon Desrochers	875	40.16
Parti de l'alliance municipale		Liborio Sciascia	320	14.69
Total valid votes			2,179	100
Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4.

v t e 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Five
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard		Raymond Renaud (incumbent)	970	44.62
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Pasquale Buttino	622	28.61
Parti de l'alliance municipale		Michel Morin	582	26.77
Total valid votes			2,174	100
Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4.

v t e 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Six
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard		Dominic Perri	1,112	52.11
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Eduardo di Bennardo (incumbent)	631	29.57
Parti de l'alliance municipale		Fiorino Bianco	391	18.32
Total valid votes			2,134	100
Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4.

v t e 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Eight
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard		Basilio Giordano	910	48.56
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Rosario Ortona (incumbent)	648	34.58
Parti de l'alliance municipale		Micheline Neveu	316	16.86
Total valid votes			1,874	100
Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4.

v t e 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Ten
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard		Pierre Paquet	961	38.49
Parti de l'alliance municipale		Jules Lauzon (incumbent)	913	36.56
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Claude Beriault	463	18.54
Independent		Agostino Cannavino	160	6.41
Total valid votes			2,497	100
Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4.

v t e 1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Twelve
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard		Maurice Benoît	926	42.95
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Alfonso Gagliano	724	33.58
Parti de l'alliance municipale		Giuseppe Corneli	506	23.47
Total valid votes			2,156	100
Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4.

subsequent by-elections

v t e Anjou municipal by-election, September 9, 1984: Councillor, Lucie Bruneau
Candidate	Votes	%
Michel Massue	547	52.34
Pierre Charbonneau	297	28.42
Mireille Beaudry	195	18.66
Leon Gerszon	6	0.57
Total valid votes	1,045	100
Source: Montreal Gazette (East Island edition), 12 September 1984, p. 1. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Jean-Paul Morin in July 1984.

v t e Saint-Leonard municipal by-election, 30 September 1984: Mayor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Ralliement de Saint-Léonard		Raymond Renaud	10,307	48.57
Action civique de Saint-Léonard		Domenico Moschella	5,568	26.24
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Rosario Ortona	5,348	25.20
Total valid votes			21,223	100
Sources: Il Settimanale, 11 September 1984; Montreal Gazette, 1 October 1984.

v t e Saint-Leonard municipal by-election, 21 April 1985: Councillor, Ward Eleven
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Ralliement de Saint-Léonard		Jean-Jacques Goyette	390	27.31
Union municipale de Saint-Léonard		Marcel Gaudreault	349	24.44
Action civique de Saint-Léonard		Vittorio Galerio	307	21.50
Independent		Fiorino Bianco	293	20.52
Independent		Jeannette Masse	89	6.23
Total valid votes			1,428	100
Source: "Ruling party's candidate wins St. Leonard seat," Montreal Gazette, 24 April 1985, p. 1.

Information about the candidates in suburban communities

Saint-Leonard

Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard

Pierre Paquet (Ward Ten) was a Montreal lawyer during the 1980s. He was elected to council in 1982 in his first bid for public office. When the Équipe du renouveau dissolved in 1984, he joined Raymond Renaud's Ralliement de Saint-Léonard, but was dropped from that party's list before 1986 election amid disputed circumstances. Renaud said that Paquet had been largely inactive on council, while Paquet said he had been blocked for asking too many serious questions.^[2]

Union municipale de Saint-Léonard

Eduardo di Bennardo (Ward Six) was elected to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1978 as a candidate of the Parti de l'alliance municipale. He was defeated in 1982, running for Union municipal.
Claude Beriault (Ward Ten) appears to have been a first-time candidate.

Results in other Montreal-area communities

Longueuil

Jacques Finet of the Parti municipal de Longueuil was elected to his first term as mayor, defeating incumbent Marcel Robidas from the Parti civique de Longueuil. The Parti municipal also won fifteen council seats, as against four for the Parti civique.

Winning candidates are listed in boldface.

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates			Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Parti municipal	Parti civique	Independent	Incumbent
	Mayor	39,301	Jacques Finet 19,157 (48.74%)	Marcel Robidas 19,075 (48.54%)	Jacques Gendron 1,069 (2.72%)^[3]	Marcel Robidas
District 1	Councillor	1,813	Serge Rathier 606 (33.43%)	Jacques Bouchard 802 (44.24%)	Henri Bouclin 205 (11.31%) V. Bourcier 200 (11.03%)	Jacques Bouchard
District 2	Councillor	1,935	Serge Robillard 1,100 (56.85%)	Marcel Tessier 835 (43.15%)		Georges Touten
District 3	Councillor	1,949	Claude Gladu 1,010 (51.82%)	Léonard Boulet 838 (43.00%)	André Marquette 101 (5.18%)	Léonard Boulet
District 4	Councillor	2,412	Roger Ferland 1,436 (59.54%)	Yves Lalonde 877 (36.36%)	H.-P. Germain 99 (4.10%)	Roger Ferland
District 5	Councillor	2,352	Nicole Béliveau 896 (38.10%)	Géraldine Courchesne 773 (32.87%)	Robert H. Tremblay 253 (10.76%) M. Robillard 221 (9.40%) G. Dorais 209 (8.89%)	René Leblanc
District 6	Councillor	2,284	Jacques Morissette 1,183 (51.80%)	Richard Defoy 953 (41.73%)	Luc Salinovich 148 (6.48%)	Lorenzo Defoy
District 7	Councillor	1,621	Roger Lacombe 712 (43.92%)	Gérard Thibeault 342 (21.10%)	Paul-Auguste Briand 567 (34.98%)	Paul-Auguste Briand
District 8	Councillor	2,105	Gilles Déry 1,284 (61.00%)	Nicole Therrien 821 (39.00%)		Gilles Déry
District 9	Councillor	2,567	M. Richard 1,200 (46.75%)	Pierre Nantel 1,367 (53.25%)		Pierre Nantel
District 10	Councillor	2,267	Florence Mercier 1,492 (65.81%)	Louis-René Simard 775 (34.19%)		Jacques Finet
District 11	Councillor	1,911	Serge Sévigny 1,016 (53.17%)	Lucien Lebrun 895 (46.83%)		Serge Sévigny
District 12	Councillor	1,506	Lise Sauvé 814 (54.05%)	Jean-Paul Vermette 692 (45.95%)		Jean-Paul Vermette
District 13	Councillor	2,018	Solange Boiteau 676 (33.50%)	Jean-Pierre Trahan 839 (41.58%)	Omer Leclerc 503 (24.93%)	Jeannine Labelle
District 14	Councillor	2,018	Michel Timperio 1,091 (54.06%)	Jeannine Lavoie-Picard 927 (45.94%)		Paul-Émile Paquin
District 15	Councillor	1,899	Florent Charest 810 (42.65%)	Paul-Émile Paquin 707 (37.23%)	M. Turgeon 382 (20.12%)	Jacques Laplante
District 16	Councillor	1,948	Georges Touten 960 (49.28%)	Gaétan Baillargeon 988 (50.72%)		Benoît Danault
District 17	Councillor	1,589	André Létourneau 1,015 (63.88%)	Didier Robidas 574 (36.12%)		André Létourneau
District 18	Councillor	2,208	Jacques Laplante 1,176 (53.26%)	Laurence Juneau 1,032 (46.74%)		new division
District 19	Councillor	2,979	Benoît Danault 1,978 (66.40%)	G. Grenier 1,001 (33.60%)		new division

Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Le premier mandat 1978 - 1982, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 22, 2014.

References

^ Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed May 16, 2011.
^ "New party enters St. Leonard race," Montreal Gazette, September 25, 1986, p. 14; "Five new candidates join St. Leonard mayor's slate," Montreal Gazette, October 2, 1986, p. 8.
^ Gendron ran for mayor of Longueuil in 1982 and 1987. During the latter campaign, he was described in the Montreal Gazette as a 49-year-old theatrical production company owner. See James Mennie, "Voters choose mayor Sunday in Longueuil," Montreal Gazette, May 28, 1987, I1. A candidate named Jacques Gendron ran for the House of Commons of Canada in Longueuil as an independent candidate and finished fifth against Liberal Jacques Olivier with 4,548 votes (9.17%); this was presumably the same person. A different Jacques Gendron ran as a candidate of the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 Canadian federal election and for the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2014 provincial election and has twice sought election to Montreal City Council.

[1] Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed May 16, 2011.

[2] "New party enters St. Leonard race," Montreal Gazette, September 25, 1986, p. 14; "Five new candidates join St. Leonard mayor's slate," Montreal Gazette, October 2, 1986, p. 8.

[3] Gendron ran for mayor of Longueuil in 1982 and 1987. During the latter campaign, he was described in the Montreal Gazette as a 49-year-old theatrical production company owner. See James Mennie, "Voters choose mayor Sunday in Longueuil," Montreal Gazette, May 28, 1987, I1. A candidate named Jacques Gendron ran for the House of Commons of Canada in Longueuil as an independent candidate and finished fifth against Liberal Jacques Olivier with 4,548 votes (9.17%); this was presumably the same person. A different Jacques Gendron ran as a candidate of the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 Canadian federal election and for the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2014 provincial election and has twice sought election to Montreal City Council.