Unité de Saint-Léonard was a municipal political party that operated from 1986 to 1987 in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was led by millionaire Montreal entrepreneur Tony Iammatteo, who was also its mayoral candidate in the 1986 municipal election.
Saint-Leonard is a borough (arrondissement) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formerly a separate city, it was amalgamated into the city of Montreal in 2002. The former city was originally called Saint-Léonard de Port Maurice after Leonard of Port Maurice, an Italian saint. The borough is home to Montreal's Via Italia.
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The Unité party was introduced at a press conference held on September 24, 1986, at a shoe factory owned by Iammatteo. Incumbent opposition councillors Domenico Moschella, Tommaso Nanci, and Remi Boyer were present for the announcement, and all three officially joined the party shortly thereafter. [1] Moschella was formerly the leader of Action civique de Saint-Léonard, while Nanci and Boyer had served with the Union Municipale de Saint-Léonard party. [2]
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.
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.
The party ran a full slate of candidates in the 1986 municipal election. Iammatteo finished second against incumbent mayor Raymond Renaud, whose Ralliement de Saint-Léonard party took ten of twelve council seats. [3] Giuseppe Fargnoli, who ran in the city's first ward, was the only Unité candidate elected; Moschella, Nanci, and Boyer were all defeated by relatively narrow margins. [4]
Raymond Renaud was a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was mayor of the suburban community of Saint-Leonard from 1984 to 1990, leading the municipal Ralliement de Saint-Léonard party.
The Ralliement de Saint-Léonard (RdSL) is a former political party in Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada. The RdSL existed prior to Saint-Leonard's amalgamation into Montreal and dominated the city's political life in the mid-1980s.
Unité played a prominent role in a high-profile Saint-Leonard tax protest in early 1987, [5] though it seems to have disappeared as an active force after this time.