1993 Quebec municipal elections

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Eight hundred and thirty-one municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections to elect mayors and councillors on November 7, 1993. [1] Incumbent mayor Jean-Paul L'Allier was re-elected in Quebec City and his Rassemblement Populaire party won sixteen out of twenty council seats. [2]

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Municipal elections were not held in Montreal, Quebec's largest city, in this electoral cycle. The previous municipal election in Montreal took place in 1990 and the next was scheduled for 1994.

Results

Laval

PartyCandidateTotal votes % of total votes
PRO Laval (x)Gilles Vaillancourt 68,93960.81
Option LavalJean Rizzuto26,45623.34
Parti LavalloisSerge Tremblay16,87814.89
IndependentRick Blatter1,0870.96
Total valid votes113,360100

Source: "Incumbents all re-elected in Montreal East voting," Montreal Gazette, 9 November 1993, A6.

Verdun

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

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidates
 Parti d'action municipale S.O.S. Taxes Verdun Regroupement des Citoyens de Verdun Independents
Mayor21,182  Georges Bossé
13,831 (65.30%)
 Edmond Vigneau
1,801 (8.50%)
  Raymond Savard (incumbent)
5,550 (26.20%)
 
District 1City councillor1,784 Arthur Bennaroch (incumbent)
1,333 (74.72%)
  Gilbert Devantery
112 (6.28%)
 Michel Lesage
339 (19.00%)
District 2City councillor1,546 Marvin Reisler (incumbent)
856 (55.37%)
  Micheline Coderre
102 (6.60%)
 Robert Isabelle
588 (38.03%)
District 3City councillor1,763 Jacques Lauzon (incumbent)
1,333 (75.61%)
 Jacques Desnoyers
231 (13.10%)
 Michel-Charles Charlebois
199 (11.29%)
 
District 4City councillor1,747 Ginette Patry
872 (49.91%)
  Robert Filiatrault (incumbent)
637 (36.46%)
 Michel Larin
238 (13.62%)
District 5City councillor1,706  Alain Tassé
863 (50.59%)
  Jocelyn Beauvais (incumbent)
608 (35.64%)
 Jean-Louis Ladouceur
235 (13.77%)
District 6City councillor1,604 Danielle Mimeault
1,141 (71.13%)
 Charles Sylvestre
180 (11.22%)
 Lorraine Wade-Labreche
283 (17.64%)
 
District 7City councillor1,365  Laurent Dugas (incumbent)
831 (60.88%)
 Andre Tremblay
184 (13.48%)
 Denis Gouin
350 (25.64%)
 
District 8City councillor1,427 Claude Ravary (incumbent)
997 (69.87%)
  Michel Ethier
430 (30.13%)
 
District 9City councillor1,492 Nicole Santerre
818 (54.83%)
  Nicole Petit (incumbent)
495 (33.18%)
 Maurice Roch
179 (12.00%)
District 10City councillor1,546 France Lecocq (incumbent for Division 6)
767 (49.61%)
 Suzanne Vigneau
202 (13.07%)
 Olivette Therese Dionne (incumbent)
577 (37.32%)
 
District 11City councillor1,770 Louis Leblanc
1,031 (58.25%)
 Gabriel Dorion
220 (12.43%)
 Yolande Masse
519 (29.32%)
 
District 12City councillor1,719 Suzanne Dunne (incumbent)
1,193 (69.40%)
 Jean-Marie Demers
130 (7.56%)
 Real Moses
396 (23.04%)
 
District 13City councillor1,728 John Gallagher (incumbent)
1,041 (60.24%)
 Pierre Deschamps
122 (7.06%)
 Maurice Guay
354 (20.49%)
 Francine Couture
211 (12.21%)

Source: "Incumbents all re-elected in Montreal East voting," Montreal Gazette, 9 November 1993, A6.

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References

  1. Paul Wells, "Laval mayoral campaign ends quietly; Voters in 831 municipalities go to polls today to select local officials," Montreal Gazette, 7 November 1993, A3.
  2. "L'Allier holds on to mayor's seat in Quebec City," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1993, A3.