1989 Quebec municipal elections

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Several municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections to elect mayors and councillors on November 5, 1989. One of the most closely watched contests was in Quebec City, where Jean-Paul L'Allier of the Rassemblement populaire party ended the twenty-five year rule of the Civic Progress Party. L'Allier defeated Civic Progress candidate Jean-Francois Bertrand by a fairly significant margin. [1]

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Verdun

Former Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament (MP) Raymond Savard was elected to his second term as mayor in the on-island Montreal suburb of Verdun, easily defeating opponents Jean-Marie Demers and Robert Mailhot. [2] Most elected councillors were from Savard's Regroupement des citoyens de Verdun party.

Party colours in the results listed below have been randomly chosen and do not indicate affiliation with or resemblance to any municipal, provincial, or federal party.

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidates
 Regroupement des citoyens de Verdun Independents
Mayor12,831  Raymond Savard (incumbent)
7,482 (58.31%)
 Jean-Marie Demers
4,290 (33.43%)

Robert Mailhot
1,059 (8.25%)
District 1City councillor  Arthur Benarroch (incumbent)
Elected

Danielle D. Hébert
District 2City councillor  Marvin Reisler
Elected

Jacques Dagenais
District 3City councillor Jacques Lauzon (incumbent)
Elected
 Normand Vinette
District 4City councillor Bruno Fortin Joyeu Robert Filiatraut (incumbent)
Elected

Roland Casés
District 5City councillor Jocelyn Beauvais (incumbent)
Elected
 Richard Patry
District 6City councillor France Lecocq
Elected
 Marcel Henley

Aimé Pinette

Charles Sylvestre
District 7City councillor  Laurent Dugas (incumbent)
Elected
 Spiros Lazaratos
District 8City councillor Claude Ravary (incumbent)
Elected
 Michel Éthier
District 9City councillor Elliott Goldsborough (incumbent) Nicole Petit
Elected
District 10City councillor Olivette Thérèse Dionne
Elected
 André Martin
District 11City councillor Maurice Couturier (incumbent)
Elected
 Gabriel Dorion
District 12City councillor Suzanne Dunne (incumbent)
Elected
 Jacques Desnoyers
District 13City councillor John Gallagher (incumbent)
Elected
 Claude Lecompte

Sources: "La liste des candidats," La Presse, 5 November 1989, A7; Florian Bernard, "Verdun: Savard reporté au pouvoir; Pierrefonds: Morin élu," La Presse, 6 November 1989, B5; Élus de Verdun de 1875 à 2005, City of Montreal. (The first two sources erroneously list Savard's mayoral opponent Demers as the leader of the Regroupement des citoyens de Verdun. This is contradicted by other sources, and, indeed, the second La Presse article indicates that Savard's party won a majority on council.)

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References

  1. Lawrence Kootnikoff, "L'Allier's surprise win ends 25 years of Progres Civique rule," Montreal Gazette, 6 November 1989, A4.
  2. "Challenger Simms wins Mayoralty in Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 6 November 1989, A1.