Frank Venneri

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2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, François-Perrault division

Frank Venneri
Montreal City Councillor for the François-Perrault ward (known as the Jean-Rivard ward from 2001 to 2009)
In office 2001–2009
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Union Montreal		(x)Frank Venneri	2,877	36.26
Vision Montreal		Harry Delva	2,556	32.22
Projet Montréal		Marie-Josée Beauchamp	2,219	27.97
Independent		Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin	282	3.55
Total valid votes			7,934	100
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.

v t e 2005 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, François-Perrault
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Frank Venneri (incumbent)	3,206	42.63
Vision Montreal		Vittorio Capparelli	2,966	39.44
Projet Montréal		Maria Marra	1,348	17.93
Total valid votes			7,520	100
Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Jean-Rivard
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Frank Venneri (incumbent)	4,548	58.04
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Daniel Boucher	2,968	37.88
White Elephant Party		Charles Paradis	320	4.08
Total valid votes			7,836	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1998 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, François-Perrault
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Frank Venneri	2,622	49.05
Montreal Citizens' Movement		(x)Vittorio Capparelli	1,277	23.89
New Montreal		Lanise Hayes	780	14.59
Team Montreal		Yasmin Bautista	420	7.86
Independent		Michel Handfield	247	4.62
Total valid votes			5,346	100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

v t e 1994 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, François-Perrault
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Vittorio Capparelli	2,277	48.16
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Lyse Brunet	1,303	27.56
Montrealers' Party		Frank Venneri	1,000	21.15
Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal		Mario Laquerre	148	3.13
Total valid votes			4,728	100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

v t e 1990 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, François-Perrault
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Vittorio Capparelli (incumbent)	1,757	43.66
Municipal Party		Frank Venneri (incumbent)	1,142	28.38
Civic Party of Montreal		Serge Bélanger	1,125	27.96
Total valid votes			4,024	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election : Papineau
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	André Ouellet	18,122	45.99	–	$43,413
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Venneri	13,094	33.23		$39,468
	New Democratic	Giovanni Adamo	5,948	15.10		$22,192
	Rhinoceros	Carole Ola Clermont	987	2.51	–	$0
	Green	H. Joseph Vega	469	1.19	–	$0
	Communist	Line Chabot	235	0.60		$18
	Marxist–Leninist	Francine Tremblay	193	0.49		$130
	Revolutionary Workers League	Michel Dugré	178	0.45		$513
	Commonwealth of Canada	Normand Bélanger	174	0.44		$0
Total valid votes			39,400	100.00
Total rejected ballots			907
Turnout			40,307	70.14
Electors on the lists			57,470
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.

v t e 1986 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, François-Perrault
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Frank Venneri	3,564	62.66
Civic Party of Montreal		Rocco Luccisano (incumbent)	2,124	37.34
Total valid votes			5,688	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

References

1. Ingrid Peritz, "Dore, MCM sweep to power," Montreal Gazette, 10 November 1986, A1; Robert Winters, "Who is who in the new MCM administration; MCM backbenchers will demand more say in decision-making than Drapeau-era councillors," Montreal Gazette, 15 November 1986, A4.
2. "City will rethink new bylaw allowing hair salons in homes," Montreal Gazette, 14 September 1995, A4; Michelle Lalonde, "Choquette runs old-style campaign," Montreal Gazette, 18 October 1994, A1.
3. Several years later, Venneri said that he joined the MCM because of its decentralized approach to municipal government. See Lison Budzyn, "Frank Venneri : « J’ai l’âge de la retraite mais j’ai l’envie de continuer »" Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine , Journal de St-Michel, 30 September 2009, accessed 19 August 2011.
4. Ingrid Peritz, "Dore, MCM sweep to power; New mayor controls 55 seats to rivals' 3," Montreal Gazette, 10 November 1986, A1; "The MICU Chief and Mayor of Montreal GDerald Tremblay [sic] presents his new team in the Villeray / Saint-Michel / Parc-Extension borough," Canada NewsWire, 21 June 2005, p. 1.
5. "Councillor proposes a deal to end Miron dispute," Montreal Gazette, 19 September 1987, A3; "Miron will face court action if it doesn't close, councillor warns," Montreal Gazette, 16 September 1987, A3; Clair Balfour, "What constitutes big news remains a judgment call," 13 October 1987, B3. The 19 September article includes the incorrect statement that Venneri had tried to work out a deal for Miron to receive a two-month extension on its cement operations in return for a promise to shut down the site thereafter. In fact, Venneri proposed that the company be allowed to continue its administrative office work for two months while discontinuing its cement operations immediately.
6. "MCM splits with Tory councillor," Montreal Gazette, 13 August 1988, A4.
7. Bertrand Marotte, "Liberals struggle to maintain hold in Montreal," Globe and Mail, 22 November 1988, C2.
8. "MCM loses two councillors from its ranks," Montreal Gazette, 1 December 1989, A3.
9. Lynn Moore, "Challenger celebrates `win over confusion'," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1990, A4.
10. Michelle Lalonde, "Leader quits, once-powerful Civic Party in tatters," Montreal Gazette, 29 June 1994, A3.
11. Michelle Lalonde, "Civic Party planning to team up with Choquette," Montreal Gazette, 29 July 1994, A3; Graeme Hamilton, "Tattered remnant of party founded by Drapeau dies Monday," Montreal Gazette, 6 August 1994, A3; Susan Semenak, "Drapeau's party disappears; Civic Party name dies in municipal merger," Montreal Gazette, 9 August 1994, A1.
12. Monique Beaudin and Helena Katz, "Choquette party may pull plug on itself," Montreal Gazette, 19 April 1995, A1.
13. Sue Montgomery, "Tremblay gets six new councillors," Montreal Gazette, 13 December 2003, A8; Linda Gyulai, "Mayor plays the suburb card," Montreal Gazette, 26 January 2004, A4; "Tremblay purges independents: New allies on council named to committees," Montreal Gazette, 27 January 2004, A7.
14. "City wages war on dirt," Montreal Gazette, 26 May 2006, A7.
15. Chaos and politicking at city hall as Union Montreal loses majority, CTV Montreal, 14 November 2012, accessed 14 November 2012.

External links

• Council biography (in French)