Montreal municipal election, 1994

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The 1994 Montreal municipal election took place on November 6, 1994. Pierre Bourque was elected to his first term as mayor, defeating incumbent Jean Doré. Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities.

Pierre Bourque, CQ is a businessman and politician in Quebec, Canada. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

Jean Doré Canadian politician

Jean Doré was a Canadian politician and mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.

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Results

Mayor

1994 Montreal mayoral election results

Council (incomplete)

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

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidates Incumbent
 Montreal Citizens' Movement  Vision Montreal Montrealers' Party Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Others
Hochelaga City councillor 4,374  Diane Barbeau
1,654 (39.89%)
  Luc Larivée
2,040 (49.20%)
  Martin Baller
329 (7.94%)
  Clément Schreiber
123 (2.97%)
  Diane Barbeau
Tétreauville City councillor 6,296  Nicole Milhomme
1,846 (29.32%)
  Jean-Guy Deschamps
3,465 (55.03%)
   Sylvain Lapalme
181 (2.87%)
  Joseph Salerno (Ind.)
804 (12.77%)
  Nicole Milhomme
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Ahuntsic
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Sulpice
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Michel
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Rivard
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, François-Perrault division
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Parc-Extension division
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Étienne-Desmarteau division
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Laurier
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Peter-McGill division
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies division
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Pierre
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Louis-Riel division
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Longue-Pointe
1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Honoré-Beaugrand division

Information on the candidates

Montreal Citizens' Movement
Montrealers' Party
English Montreal School Board

English Montreal School Board is one of the 5 school boards in the island of Montreal. The EMSB is the largest anglophone school board of 9 in Quebec.

Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal
Independents

Suburban results

Dorval

All members of the Dorval city council were re-elected without opposition.

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent
Winner
Mayor - Peter Yeomans (acclaimed) Peter Yeomans
East Ward 1 Councillor - Edgar Rouleau (acclaimed) Edgar Rouleau
East Ward 2 Councillor - Emile LaCoste (acclaimed) Emile LaCoste
East Ward 3 Councillor - Raymond Lauzon (acclaimed) Raymond Lauzon
West Ward 1 Councillor - Robert M. Bourbeau (acclaimed) Robert M. Bourbeau
West Ward 2 Councillor - Ian W. Heron (acclaimed) Ian W. Heron
West Ward 3 Councillor - Heather Allard (acclaimed) Heather Allard

Source: "Who's running where in Nov. 6 elections," Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994, F2.

Montreal North

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent
Renouveau municipal Collectivité de Montréal-Nord Independent
Mayor 18,619 Yves Ryan
16,459 (88.40%)
Jean-Pierre Menard
2,160 (11.60%)
Yves Ryan
District 1 Councillor 1,604 Antonin Dupont
1,332 (83.04%)
Diane Dupont
272 (16.96%)
Antonin Dupont
District 2 Councillor 1,695 Michelle Allaire
1,531 (90.32%)
Guy Devin
164 (9.68%)
Michelle Allaire
District 3 Councillor 2,167 Pierre Blain
1,665 (76.83%)
Bertrand Wall
328 (15.14%)
Michel Renaud
174 (8.03%)
Pierre Blain
District 4 Councillor - Georgette Morin (acclaimed) Georgette Morin
District 5 Councillor - Maurice Belanger (acclaimed) Maurice Belanger
District 6 Councillor - Réal Gibeau (acclaimed) Réal Gibeau
District 7 Councillor 1,826 Jean-Paul Lessard
1,389 (76.07%)
Jacqueline Roy
437 (23.93%)
Jean-Paul Lessard
District 8 Councillor 1,572 Normand Fortin
1,228 (78.12%)
Elaine Bissonnette
344 (21.88%)
Normand Fortin
District 9 Councillor 1,343 James Infantino
1,079 (80.34%)
Lise Leonard
264 (19.66%)
Armand Nadeau [9]
District 10 Councillor 1,963 Andre Coulombe
1,597 (81.36%)
Jocelyne Millaire
366 (18.64%)
Andre Coulombe
District 11 Councillor 1,061 Raymond Paquin
908 (85.58%)
Lazard Vertus
153 (14.42%)
Raymond Paquin
District 12 Councillor 1,283 Robert Guerriero
1,110 (86.52%)
Claude Forest
173 (13.48%)
Robert Guerriero

Source: "Voting Results: The Final Count," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1994, A4.

Saint-Leonard

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Three
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Four
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Six
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Seven
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Eight
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Ten
1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Twelve

Information on candidates in suburban communities

Independents

The Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard was a political party based in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It existed from 1978 to 1984, and was the dominant party in Saint-Leonard during this time.

Action civique de Saint-Léonard was a municipal political party that existed from 1984 to 1986 in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party claimed more than five hundred members in March 1986 and held one seat on the Saint-Leonard city council.

Domenico Moschella, also known as Dominic Moschella, was a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal City Council from 2013 to 2015, representing Saint-Léonard-Est as a member of Coalition Montréal.

Results in other Montreal-area communities

Longueuil

Parti municipal de Longueuil leader Claude Gladu was elected to his first term as mayor, succeeding Roger Ferland. The Parti municipal won fourteen seats on council, while former mayor Jacques Finet's Alliance de Longueuil won the remaining six.

Claude Gladu is the former mayor of the city of Longueuil, Quebec. He served as mayor from 1994 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2009.

Roger Ferland is a retired politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was the mayor of Longueuil from 1987 to 1994, having previously served as a school commissioner and as a member of the Longueuil city council.

Jacques Finet is a former politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served as mayor of Longueuil from 1982 to 1987 as leader of the Parti municipal de Longueuil.

Electoral DistrictPositionTotal valid votesCandidatesIncumbent
Parti municipal Parti Longueuillois Alliance de Longueuil Independent
Mayor 47,185 Claude Gladu
19,223 (40.74%)
Gisèle Hamelin
14,041 (29.76%)
Jacques Finet
13,921 (29.50%)
Roger Ferland
Ward One Councillor 1,850Joël Gamache
650 (35.14%)
Claude Nephtali
557 (30.11%)
Richard Gagnon
643 (34.76%)
Pierre Beaudry
Ward Two Councillor 2,425 Mario Genest
854 (35.22%)
Martin Clark
617 (25.44%)
Cécile Langevin
954 (39.34%)
Cécile Langevin
Ward Three Councillor 2,105Henri Dubois
1,251 (59.43%)
Anne-Marie Bischoff
396 (18.81%)
Diane Smith
458 (21.76%)
Claude Gladu
Ward Four Councillor 2,374 Gérald Marcil
902 (37.99%)
Bernard Lacelles
531 (22.37%)
Sylvie Robidas
941 (39.64%)
Sylvie Robidas
Ward Five Councillor 2,076Nicole Béliveau
1,068 (51.45%)
Yves Ferron
474 (22.83%)
Sylvie Grenier
534 (25.72%)
Nicole Béliveau
Ward Six Councillor 2,095 Réjean Vincent
470 (22.43%)
Ginette Lemarier
659 (31.46%)
Normand Caisse
966 (46.11%)
Jacques Morissette
Ward Seven Councillor 2,267Alain St-Pierre
1,102 (48.61%)
Martin Daraîche
497 (21.92%)
Charles A. Ashton
668 (29.47%)
Roger Lacombe
Ward Eight Councillor 2,022Johane Deshaies
866 (42.83%)
Jean Claude D’Amour
485 (23.99%)
Suzanne Cyr
671 (33.18%)
Johane Deshaies
Ward Nine Councillor 2,585Nicole Lafontaine
1,056 (40.85%)
Jacqueline Bonenfant
721 (27.89%)
Pierre Nantel
808 (31.26%)
Pierre Nantel
Ward Ten Councillor 2,026Manon Hénault
1,039 (51.28%)
Olivette Rousseau
474 (23.40%)
Jean Babin
513 (25.32%)
Manon Hénault
Ward Eleven Councillor 2,396Serge Sévigny
982 (40.98%)
Constant Jeanty
598 (24.96%)
Pierre Pétroni
816 (34.06%)
Serge Sévigny
Ward Twelve Councillor 2,410Lise Sauvé
1,060 (43.98%)
Micheline Ward
325 (13.49%)
Michel Champagne
1,025 (42.53%)
Michel Champagne
Ward Thirteen Councillor 2,272Bertrand Girard
866 (38.12%)
Omer Leclerc
570 (25.09%)
Jean St-Hilaire
836 (36.80%)
Jean St-Hilaire
Ward Fourteen Councillor 2,125 Ginette Lalonde
653 (30.73%)
Jean-Pierre Trahan
184 (8.66%)
Michel Timperio
1,288 (60.61%)
Michel Timperio
Ward Fifteen Councillor 2,320 Henri Charbonneau
721 (31.08%)
Arthur Méthot
540 (23.28%)
Florent Charest
1,059 (45.65%)
Florent Charest
Ward Sixteen Councillor 2,155Pierre Beaudry
882 (40.93%)
Joanne Savoie
614 (28.49%)
Thérèse Lafrenière
659 (30.58%)
Georges Touten
Ward Seventeen Councillor 2,506 Claude Lamoureux
1,040 (41.50%)
Gérald Varichon
391 (15.60%)
Pierre Racicot
1,075 (42.90%)
Pierre Racicot
Ward Eighteen Councillor 2,934Jacques Milette
1,365 (46.52%)
Richard Briggs
624 (21.27%)
Marc Lachance
945 (32.21%)
Jacques Milette
Ward Nineteen Councillor 2,975Claudette Tessier
1,465 (49.24%)
Pierre Plourde
711 (23.90%)
Pierre Lestage
740 (24.87%)
Raymond Lévesque
59 (1.98%)
Benoît Danault
Ward Twenty Councillor 2,910Simon Crochetière
1,283 (44.09%)
Pardo Chiocchio
835 (28.69%)
Léo Paduano
792 (27.22%)
Léo Paduano

Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: "Roger Ferland, le gestionnaire", Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed February 27, 2014.

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