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

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Mayor

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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.

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

Electoral District  | Position  | Total valid votes  | Candidates  |  | Incumbent

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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### Dorval

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Electoral District  | Position  | Total valid votes  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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Winner  | Second place  | Third place  | Fourth place  | Fifth place
| 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.

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Electoral District  | Position  | Total valid votes  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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Renouveau municipal  | Others
| 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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### Saint-Leonard

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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

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### Longueuil

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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

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| 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

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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.

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