Robert Perreault

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1998 Quebec general election: Mercier

Robert Perreault
Director-General of the Conseil regional de l'environnement de Montreal
In office 2001–2007
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Robert Perreault	17,552	55.38	−1.10
	Liberal	Elizabeth da Silva	9,005	28.42	−2.13
	Action démocratique	Paul Benevides	2,818	8.89	+3.47
	Bloc Pot	Marc St-Maurice	985	3.11
	Socialist Democracy	Guylaine Sirard	873	2.75	+0.12
	Independent	Ann Farrell	158	0.50
	Natural Law	Pierre Bergeron	154	0.49	−0.34
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	79	0.25	−0.08
	Communist	Pierre Smith	67	0.21	−0.21
Total valid votes			31,691	100,00
Total rejected ballots			493	1,53
Turnout			32,184	75.28
Eligible voters			42,755
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		+0.52
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 1994 Quebec general election : Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Robert Perreault	17,523	56.48	−0.67
	Liberal	Alda Viero	9,479	30.55	+0.13
	Action démocratique	Carole Boucher	1,681	5.42	–
	Green	Jean-François Labadie	865	2.79	−5.59
	New Democratic	Renée-Claude Lorimier	815	2.63	+0.21
	Natural Law	Marylise Baux	259	0.83	-
	Commonwealth of Canada	Julie Laliberté	173	0.56	-
	Communist	Ginette Gauthier	129	0.42	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	102	0.33	−0.13
Total valid votes			31,026	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			815
Turnout			31,841	80.33
Electors on the lists			39,636
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 1990 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Laurier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Robert Perreault (incumbent)	2,452	59.07
Civic Party of Montreal		Paul-Emile Patry	559	13.47
Municipal Party		Normand Vachon	507	12.21
Ecology Montreal		Robert Silverman	380	9.15
White Elephant Party		Yves Gagne co-listed with Michel Bédard	169	4.07
Independent		Micheline Dandonneau	84	2.02
Total valid votes			4,151	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1986 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Laurier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Robert Perreault (incumbent)	3,701	70.67
Civic Party of Montreal		Gilles Lupien	1,137	21.71
Independent		Roger Larivée	399	7.62
Total valid votes			5,237	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 1982 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Laurier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Citizens' Movement		Robert Perreault	2,635	49.73
Civic Party of Montreal		Roger Larivée (incumbent)	2,137	40.33
Municipal Action Group		Gilles Côté	527	9.95
Total valid votes			5,299	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

References

1. Perreault's full official title was "Minister of State for the Metropolis and Minister responsible for the Montreal Region." See "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
2. "Meet the mandarins," Montreal Gazette, 16 November 1991, D5
3. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
4. Lewis Harris, "Municipal parties make trust key economic issue," Montreal Gazette, 25 October 1986, B4.
5. Ingrid Peritz, "Firms should pay more to transit: MCM," Montreal Gazette, 13 November 1985, A3.
6. David Wimhurst, "Special enterprise zone would create regulatory 'oasis' in city's east end," Montreal Gazette, 17 February 1986, B7.
7. Ingrid Peritz, "Fainstat will chair executive including 3 women, 2 anglos," Montreal Gazette, 26 November 1986, A1.
8. "MCM to shake up city hall 'labyrinth'," Montreal Gazette, 21 March 1987, A3
9. Ingrid Peritz, "City's plan to cut number of department directors attacked by Civic Party," Montreal Gazette, 28 March 1987, H16
10. Ingrid Peritz, "Better service promised with city shakeup," Montreal Gazette, 31 March 1987, A3.
11. "Montreal will invest $90 million to stimulate east-end economy," Montreal Gazette, 14 October 1987, A3
12. "Montreal development," Toronto Star, 14 October 1987, B6.
13. Lewis Harris, "Southwest area hungry for city aid plan," Montreal Gazette, 13 March 1990, A3.
14. Lewis Harris, "City, suburbs split power on new MUC council," Montreal Gazette, 27 November 1986, A3.
15. Lewis Harris, "MUCTC will freeze transit fares for a year," Montreal Gazette, 2 December 1986, A1.
16. Robert Perreault, "Off-island municipalities should pay transit share," Montreal Gazette, 28 November 1988, B3.
17. Irwin Block, "Cousineau leads top city panel; First woman to be chairman of executive committee," Montreal Gazette, 16 November A1.
18. "Fight's over on transit - Perreault," Montreal Gazette, 19 June 1991, A3; Michael Orsini, "MUCTC seeks another $200 million from cities," Montreal Gazette, 3 July 1991, A3.
19. Elizabeth Thompson, "Transit budget lays off 245 with no service cuts," Montreal Gazette, 16 October 1991, A1; Elizabeth Thompson, "Students, seniors will face sharply increased MUCTC fares," Montreal Gazette, 30 September 1992, A3; Geoff Baker, "Transit users stunned by MUCTC's $13 million surplus," Montreal Gazette, 8 April 1993, A3.
20. Elizabeth Thompson, "MUCTC puts brakes to declining ridership," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1993, A3.
21. "MUC and transit commission both report a budget surplus," Montreal Gazette, 21 April 1994, A3.
22. Ingrid Peritz, "Dore team waiting in the wings," Montreal Gazette, 1 November 1986, B1.
23. Ray Doucet, "Five MCM councillors back Bloc Quebecois; Candidate acknowledges poverty problem, but stresses sovereignty," Montreal Gazette, 7 August 1990, A3; Irwin Block, "Referendum push Group formed to pressure for sovereignty vote in '91," Montreal Gazette, 15 February 1991, B1.
24. "Montreal transit removes bilingual ads," Ottawa Citizen, 20 December 1990, A12; Irwin Block, "MUCTC row over federal ads is waste of time: language chief," Montreal Gazette, 22 December 1990, A3; Irwin Block, "Perreault aims to pick up Godin's mantel," Montreal Gazette, 6 September 1994, A11.
25. Elizabeth Thompson, "Perreault's attack drops bomb on MCM," Montreal Gazette, 10 August 1992, A3.
26. "Fine message, poor messenger; Perreault personifies many of the MCM's woes" [editorial], Montreal Gazette, 13 August 1992, B2.
27. The first round of balloting at the first nomination meeting saw Perreault receive 245 votes, compared with 114 for Sciortino, 89 for retired civil servant Claude Bernard, and 71 for Jean-Louis Hérivault. Perreault's opponents then joined forces, and Sciortino was elected by fourteen votes on the second ballot. The results were annulled when it was discovered that at least fifteen voters from Claude Bernard's group had given improper addresses. See Philip Authier, "Liberals' monopoly on minorities over, new Italian-origin PQ candidate says," Montreal Gazette, 22 June 1994, A7; Lysiane Gagnon, "Pauline Julien versus Camille Laurin: a spectacular match," Globe and Mail, 25 June 1994, D3; Irwin Block, "Transit chief flatly refuses to drop bid for Mercier nod," Montreal Gazette, 27 July 1994, A8; Gord Sinclair, "Language won't get in way of Quebec election," Financial Post, 27 July 1994, p. 9; Andre Picard, "Media Watch: Trail Notes," Globe and Mail, 2 August 1994, A4; Hubert Bauch, "Parizeau angers members by making pick in Mercier," Montreal Gazette, 3 August 1994, p. 1; Anne McIlroy, "Star candidates carry price, PQ finds," Toronto Star, 4 August 1994, A11; Andre Picard, "Media Watch," Globe and Mail, 6 August 1994, A6; Andre Picard, "Parizeau-backed star loses nomination bid ," Globe and Mail, 9 August 1994, A6. The nomination controversy was covered in the New York Times ; see Clyde H. Farnsworth, "Montreal Journal; A 'Free' Quebec? In Many Tongues, a Firm 'No!'", The New York Times, 25 August 1994, p. 4. During the second nomination meeting, Perreault brought outgoing Mercier representative Gérald Godin on the stage as one of his supporters. This was very controversial; Godin was suffering from the advanced stages of brain cancer, and many party supporters believed the decision to bring him on stage wearing a Perreault scarf was exploitative. See Don Macpherson, "A sickening stunt; Perreault must have wanted Mercier very badly," Montreal Gazette, 9 August 1994, B3; Andre Picard, "Media watch," Globe and Mail, 10 August 1994, A5.
28. "The Quebec cabinet," Globe and Mail, 30 January 1996, A7.
29. Rheal Seguin, "Quebec launches prison reforms," Globe and Mail, 3 August 1996, A1.
30. "Extreme Fighting Pay-Per-View Matches Will Go on Despite Government Opposition; Mohawks Form Athletic Commission To Regulate Matches Near Montreal," Business Wire, 25 April 1996, 19:20; Tu Thanh Ha, "Mohawk police, council face off over bouts Peacekeepers' leader insists team not taking sides by arresting Extreme Fighters," Globe and Mail, 29 April 1996, A1.
31. Tu Thanh Ha, "Native casino carries on without permit," Globe and Mail, 6 September 1996, A4.
32. "Interim Tripartite Agreement Reached on Policing Services at Kanesatake," Canada NewsWire, 19 December 1996, 11:10; Elizabeth Thompson, "New Kanesatake peacekeepers to police natives, non-natives," Montreal Gazette, 20 December 1996, A9.
33. Tu Thanh Ha, "Quebec officers found not guilty of tampering; Perreault orders inquiry into handling by Surete du Quebec of drug arrests," Globe and Mail, 10 June 1996, A1.
34. Karen Unland, "Liberals seek public inquiry into Surete investigations," Globe and Mail, 17 October 1996, A11.
35. "Quebec police chief steps aside Public inquiry called to examine officers' behavior," Toronto Star, 19 October 1996, A3; Rheal Seguin, "Surete to undergo wide-ranging public inquiry," Globe and Mail, 23 October 1996, A3; Alexander Norris, "Launch of Surete inquiry draws cheers and jeers," Montreal Gazette, 24 October 1996, B3; Karen Unland, "Surete inquiry allowed to probe force's past," Globe and Mail, 24 October 1996, A13.
36. Tu Thanh Ha, "Surete du Quebec put on short leash," Globe and Mail, 20 August 1997, A5.
37. Robert Melnbardis, "Official inquiry finds Quebec police abuse powers," Reuters News, 28 January 1999, 18:29; Ingrid Peritz, "Quebec provincial police accused of abuses," 29 January 1999, A1; Robert McKenzie, "Quebec's police reform bill called a cop-out --- Threats may be behind weaknesses, criminologist says," Toronto Star, 5 February 2000, p. 1. See also Monique Beaudin, "Gag order to be sought in court next week: Lawyers for provincial police will try to prevent commission's report from being made public," Montreal Gazette, 16 January 1999, A6.
38. "Quebec Minister to fight biker gangs." Globe and Mail, 12 March 1997, A4.
39. "Ottawa must help end biker gang war: Quebec," Toronto Star, 20 March 1997, A15; Rheal Seguin, "Bill forges tools to combat gangs," Globe and Mail, 18 April 1997, A1.
40. Karen Unland, "Bouchard makes adjustments to cabinet," Globe and Mail, 26 August 1997, A4; Elizabeth Thompson, "Shuffle restores order: Perreault, Menard move from unfamiliar territory to appropriate posts," Montreal Gazette, 26 August 1997, A5; Henry Aubin, "Perreault's challenge: to justify his new job," Montreal Gazette, 26 August 1997, B2.
41. Campbell Clark and Elena Cherney, "Palais size to double: Province aims to attract lucrative new conventions," Montreal Gazette, 11 September 1997, A1; Elizabeth Thompson, George Kalogerakis, and Terrance Wills, "Palais des Congres okayed: The province says the proposed expansion of Montreal's convention centre will go ahead whether Ottawa contributes to it or not, because otherwise Montreal will lose out on hefty revenue from conventioneers," Montreal Gazette, 1 October 1998, A1.
42. Campbell Clark, "Quebec may buy into Montreal's facilities: Minister Robert Perreault says he favours a plan to help cut city's budget deficit by becoming a minority partner in sites like the Biodome or Botanical Garden," Montreal Gazette, 23 April 1998, A6; "Perreault's Band-Aid" [editorial], Montreal Gazette, 24 April 1998, B2; Elizabeth Thompson and Michelle Lalonde, "City gets $160-million Quebec deal: But critics say it's a buyout, not a permanent bailout," Montreal Gazette, 28 May 1998, A5.
43. Stella Tzintzis, "Cycling heaven: plan calls for lots more paths," Montreal Gazette, 16 June 1998, A3; "$2 million for tourism," Montreal Gazette, 8 July 1998, A4; Michelle Lalonde, "Boost for east end: Quebec hopes to attract tourists, boaters, nature lover," Montreal Gazette, 11 November 1998, D17.
44. Aaron Derfel, "Transit merger coming: Quebec proposes single metropolitan agency by July 1," Montreal Gazette, 22 February 1998, A3; Mike King, "Transit merger a must: Perreault: Ride might be bumpy, minister admits," Montreal Gazette, 10 March 1998, A3.
45. Elizabeth Thompson and Irwin Block, "Merger plan is put on ice: Province retreats after pressure from Montreal-area municipalities," Montreal Gazette, 26 May 1998, A4.
46. Aaron Derfel, Michelle Lalonde, and Elizabeth Thompson, "Increase gas tax, mayors suggest : Most Montreal-area mayors support the idea of financing the expansion of the transit system through a gasoline surtax and higher fees for motor-vehicle registration," Montreal Gazette, 5 March 1998, A1.
47. Philip Authier, "Legault challenges PQ: Feisty columnist drafted by party's Mercier riding executive," Montreal Gazette, 12 June 1998, A1; Philip Authier, "PQ factions face off in nomination fight," Montreal Gazette, 25 September 1998, A10; Philip Authier, "PQ hard-liner loses in Mercier : Party militant Josee Legault, who wants the PQ to push the referendum issue, fails in her bid to win the nomination in Mercier riding from cabinet minister Robert Perreault," Montreal Gazette, 28 September 1998, A1.
48. Linda Gyulai, "Quebec minister attacks Bourque: In a rare intrusion onto municipal turf, Robert Perreault bemoans what he sees as a lack of democracy in the city of Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 8 June 1999, A1. See also "Butt out, Bourque says," Montreal Gazette, 9 June 1999, A4.
49. Rheal Seguin, "Quebec cabinet more feminine place," Globe and Mail, 16 December 1998, A9.
50. Paul Cherry, "Pay orphans more, ombudsman says," Montreal Gazette, 9 March 1999, A1; Rheal Seguin, "Decision on Duplessis orphans 'unjust' Quebec," Globe and Mail, 9 March 1999, A3.
51. Steven Pearlstein, "Abandoned And Abused," Washington Post, 7 April 2000, A24.
52. Robert McKenzie, "Quebec seeks to hire minorities," 14 May 1999, p. 1.
53. Elizabeth Thompson, "We met quota: Quebec: Quarter of summer civil-service jobs went to non-francophones," Montreal Gazette, 23 September 1999, A5; Natasha Vincent, "Futile aspiration: Minority youths who covet permanent civil- service jobs are out of luck," Montreal Gazette, 12 October 1999, B3; "Minorities at work," Montreal Gazette, 30 October 1999, B6.
54. "Quebec to introduce new employment equity legislation for public sector," Canadian Press, 16 June 2000, 01:34; "Anglos shut out of hiring plan," Montreal Gazette, 17 June 2000, B6.
55. "QUEBEC NEEDS TO CONTROL IMMIGRATION: MINISTER," Resource News International, 3 June 1999, 12:14.
56. "QUEBEC: Province wants more francophone immigrants," Globe and Mail, 3 November 1999, A8.
57. "Quebec pleased by settlement of Kosovars," Montreal Gazette, 23 July 1999, A6.
58. Campbell Clark, "Quebec plans ID database of all citizens: Privacy experts worried," National Post, 8 April 1999, A1; Elizabeth Thompson, "Quebec lays cards on table: Introducing legislation today for non- mandatory 'national identity card'," Montreal Gazette, 3 May 2000, A3; Rheal Seguin, "No Big Brother lurking in identity card, PQ says," Globe and Mail, 3 May 2000, A2; "Into the dustbin" [editorial], Montreal Gazette, 4 October 2000, B2.
59. "Quebec minister Robert Perreault quits cabinet, citing personal reasons," Canadian Press, 28 September 2000, 12:19; Elizabeth Thompson, "PQ's immigration minister resigns," Montreal Gazette, 29 September 2000, A10.
60. Rheal Seguin, "PQ minister of immigration leaving politics," Globe and Mail, 29 September 2000, 16. This article describes Perreault as an "enigmatic figure" and notes that he had not been regarded as a sovereigntist hardliner.
61. Elizabeth Thompson, "Duhaime gets heavyweight backing as Bloc leader," Montreal Gazette, 16 January 1997, A13.
62. Ann Carroll, "Car sharing program appeals for help," Montreal Gazette, 20 February 2007, A6
63. Rapport d’activités 2006-2007 et Plan d’action 2007-2008 Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Conseil Regional de l'Environnement de Montreal. Retrieved 17 June 2011
64. Rapport d’activités 2007–08 Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Conseil Regional de l'Environnement de Montreal. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
65. Michelle Lalonde, "Transit to become priority," Montreal Gazette, 15 April 2005, A9.
66. James Mennie, "Roadwork plans crash into environmental concerns," Montreal Gazette, 21 April 2005, A6; Brenda Branswell, "Highway 25 report backs us: both sides," Montreal Gazette, 16 November 2005.
67. Henry Aubin, "Quebec gets good reviews for Kyoto plan: But so far the province is all talk, no action," Montreal Gazette, 14 October 2006, B7.
68. Mike King and Peggy Curran, "Parking revolt: City might be better positioned to put down this citizen uprising," Montreal Gazette, 10 March 2007, C1.
69. Michelle Lalonde, "Critics say car still king: Public transit projects dismissed," Montreal Gazette, 28 February 2003, A2.
70. Denis Lessard, "L'ex-ministre Robert Perreault appuie Amir Khadir", cyberpress.ca, 3 December 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.