1998 Quebec municipal elections

More than two hundred and forty municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held mayoral and council elections on November 1, 1998.

## Results

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### Montreal

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1998 Montreal municipal election: Mayor of Montreal

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
Vision Montreal | (x)Pierre Bourque | 141,814  | 45.52
New Montreal | Jacques Duchesneau | 84,289  | 27.05
Montreal Citizens' Movement | Michel Prescott  | 46,298  | 14.86
Team Montreal | Jean Doré | 32,167  | 10.32
Montreal 2000 | Michel Bédard | 3,004  | 0.96
Independent  | Patricia Métivier  | 2,224  | 0.71
Independent  | Michel Dugré  | 989  | 0.32
Independent  | Laurent Alie  | 784  | 0.25
Total valid votes  | 311,569  | 100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

### Montréal-Nord

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1998 Montreal North municipal election: Mayor of Montreal North

Candidate  | Votes | %
(x)Yves Ryan | acclaimed  | .
Source: "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.

### Sherbrooke

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1998 Sherbrooke election, Mayor of Sherbrooke Candidate  | Total votes  | % of total votes

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(incumbent)Jean Perreault  |  | c. 70

### Bromont

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1998 Bromont election, Mayor of Bromont Candidate  | Total votes  | % of total votes

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Pauline Quinlan | not listed  | c. 73
(incumbent)Robert Desourdy  |  |

* Robert Desourdy is the son of Rolland Desourdy, who served as mayor of Cowansville for nineteen years and founded Bromont as a "model town" in the early 1960s.[1] Rolland's brother, Germain Desourdy, also served a mayor Bromont in the 1970s. In the 1980s, the younger Desourdy oversaw family interests such as a ski resort and golf course.[2] He served as mayor of Bromont from 1996 until 1998, when he was defeated by Pauline Quinlan. He sought to return to council in a May 2001 by-election, but was defeated.[3] Desourdy later announced that he would seek the mayoralty again in 2005, but he ultimately chose not to file his nomination papers.[4]

### Cowansville

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1998 Cowansville election, Mayor of Cowansville  Candidate  | Total votes  | % of total votes

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Arthur Fauteux |  | c. 60%
(incumbent)Jacques Charbonneau  |  | c. 40%

* Jacques Charbonneau served as mayor of Cowansville from 1986 until 1998, when he lost to Arthur Fauteux.[5] He also sought the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Brome—Missisquoi prior to the 1993 federal election, without success.[6] After leaving the mayoralty, he became a board member of Memphremagog Conservation Incorporated.[7] Charbonneau is the father of Bromont politician Patrick Charbonneau and football player Steve Charbonneau.[8]

### Magog

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1998 Magog election, Mayor of Magog  Candidate  | Total votes  | % of total votes

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Marc Poulin  | elected  |
Noël Lacasse  | defeated  |

Newspaper coverage indicates that the contest was close, with Poulin winning by about one hundred votes.

Source for election results: "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.

## References

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1. ^ Harvey Enchin, "Balanced Bromomt rises slowly," Globe and Mail, 21 November 1988, B1.
2. ^ "Bromont: Town that Rolland Desourdy built thriving after 25 years," Montreal Gazette, 23 April 1989, A6.
3. ^ "Dion wins Bromont byelection," Sherbrooke Record, 29 May 2001, p. 4.
4. ^ Joshua Bleser, "Robert Desourdy cancels mayoral bid in Bromont," Sherbrooke Record, 20 October 2005, p. 2.
5. ^ "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.
6. ^ Linda Drouin, "3 byelections give parties chance to test support," Vancouver Sun, 9 January 1995, A5.
7. ^ Rita Legault, "Enviro watchdogs push politicians to protect lake," Sherbrooke Record, 8 August 2003, p. 9; Brion Robinson, "U.S. to help clean up Memphremagog Lake," Sherbrooke Record, 8 August 2005, p. 1.
8. ^ Maurice Crossfield, "Bromont campaign turns to remaining voters," Sherbrooke Record, 31 October 2002, p. 5.

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