Quebec municipal elections, 1998

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More than two hundred and forty municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held mayoral and council elections on November 1, 1998.

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Results

Montreal

1998 Montreal mayoral election results

Montréal-Nord

1998 Montreal North mayoral election results

Sherbrooke

1998 Sherbrooke election, Mayor of Sherbrooke
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Jean Perreault c. 70

Bromont

1998 Bromont election, Mayor of Bromont
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Pauline Quinlan not listed c. 73
(x)Robert Desourdy
Cowansville City in Quebec, Canada

Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 12,489.

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

Cowansville

1998 Cowansville election, Mayor of Cowansville
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Arthur Fauteux c. 60%
(x)Jacques Charbonneau c. 40%
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Former Canadian political party

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a federal political party in Canada.

Brome—Missisquoi Federal electoral district

Brome—Missisquoi is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 1925.

Magog

1998 Magog election, Mayor of Magog
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Marc Poulin elected
Noël Lacasse defeated

Newspaper coverage indicates that the contest was close, with Poulin winning by about one hundred votes.

Source for election results: "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.

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References

  1. Harvey Enchin, "Balanced Bromomt rises slowly," Globe and Mail, 21 November 1988, B1.
  2. "Bromont: Town that Rolland Desourdy built thriving after 25 years," Montreal Gazette, 23 April 1989, A6.
  3. "Dion wins Bromont byelection," Sherbrooke Record, 29 May 2001, p. 4.
  4. Joshua Bleser, "Robert Desourdy cancels mayoral bid in Bromont," Sherbrooke Record, 20 October 2005, p. 2.
  5. "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.
  6. Linda Drouin, "3 byelections give parties chance to test support," Vancouver Sun, 9 January 1995, A5.
  7. Rita Legault, "Enviro watchdogs push politicians to protect lake," Sherbrooke Record, 8 August 2003, p. 9; Brion Robinson, "U.S. to help clean up Memphremagog Lake," Sherbrooke Record, 8 August 2005, p. 1.
  8. Maurice Crossfield, "Bromont campaign turns to remaining voters," Sherbrooke Record, 31 October 2002, p. 5.