Montreal municipal election, 1982

The 1982 Montreal municipal election took place on November 14, 1982, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected for what turned out to be his final term in office, defeating challenger Jean Doré.^[1]

Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities on November 7, 1982.

Contents 1 Results 2 Information about the candidates 3 Results in suburban communities 4 Information about the candidates in suburban communities 4.1 Saint-Leonard 5 References

Results

Mayor

Council

Information about the candidates

Municipal Action Group

• Gino Gentile (Jean-Talon) was a first-time candidate.

Independents

• Nicola L. Corbo (Jean-Talon) was a first-time candidate.

Results in suburban communities

Montreal North

Saint-Leonard

subsequent by-elections

Information about the candidates in suburban communities

Saint-Leonard

Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard

• Pierre Paquet (Ward Ten) was a Montreal lawyer during the 1980s. He was elected to council in 1982 in his first bid for public office. When the Équipe du renouveau dissolved in 1984, he joined Raymond Renaud's Ralliement de Saint-Léonard, but was dropped from that party's list before 1986 election amid disputed circumstances. Renaud said that Paquet had been largely inactive on council, while Paquet said he had been blocked for asking too many serious questions.^[2]

Union municipale de Saint-Léonard

• Eduardo di Bennardo (Ward Six) was elected to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1978 as a candidate of the Parti de l'alliance municipale. He was defeated in 1982, running for Union municipal.

References

1. ^ Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed 16 May 2011.
2. ^ "New party enters St. Leonard race," Montreal Gazette, 25 September 1986, p. 14; "Five new candidates join St. Leonard mayor's slate," Montreal Gazette, 2 October 1986, p. 8.