Quebec municipal elections, 1989

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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.

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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
Mayor 12,831  Raymond Savard (incumbent)
7,482 (58.31%)		  Jean-Marie Demers
4,290 (33.43%)

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

Danielle D. Hébert
District 2 City councillor   Marvin Reisler
Elected

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

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

Aimé Pinette

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