Montreal municipal election, 1978

The 1978 Montreal municipal election took place on November 12, 1978, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected to another four-year term in office, defeating Canadian federal parliamentarian Serge Joyal.^[1]

Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities in November 1978. Most suburban elections took place on November 5; the election in Saint-Léonard was held on November 12.

Results

Mayor

1978 Montreal mayoral election results

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Jean Drapeau (incumbent)	212,345	60.89
Municipal Action Group	Serge Joyal	89,173	25.57
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Guy Duquette	43,522	12.48
Independent	Louis Gervais	1,963	0.56
Independent	Mariette Lapierre	1,755	0.50
Total valid votes		348,758	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

Council

Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes		Montreal Citizens' Movement		Civic Party		Municipal Action Group		Independents		Incumbent
Longue-Pointe	City councillor	6,754		Marius Minier 1,429 (20.14%)		Luc Larivée 4,100 (57.80%)		Gérard Nadeau 1,565 (22.06%)

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Hochelaga

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Pierre Lorange (incumbent)	4,505	62.15
Municipal Action Group	Louis-Pierre Lapointe	1,991	27.47
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Claude Roy	753	10.39
Total valid votes		7,249	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, François-Perrault

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Rocco Luccisano (incumbent)	3,373	58.49
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Thérèse Daviau-Bergeron	1,534	26.60
Municipal Action Group	Francine Laurencelle	860	14.91
Total valid votes		5,767	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Gabriel-Sagard

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Marc Beaudoin	4,287	60.80
Municipal Action Group	Yvon Marcotte	1,961	27.81
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Daniel Lauzon	803	11.39
Total valid votes		7,051	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Talon

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	George Savoidakis	2,031	50.95
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Leah Markopoulos	1,133	28.42
Municipal Action Group	John Brazil	822	20.62
Total valid votes		3,986	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Laurier

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Roger Larivée	3,681	58.99
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Louis-André Cadieux	1,483	23.77
Municipal Action Group	François Patenaude	1,076	17.24
Total valid votes		6,240	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Sainte-Marie

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Serge Bélanger (incumbent)	3,752	67.10
Municipal Action Group	Georges Massicotte	1,107	19.80
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Pauline Laflamme	733	13.11
Total valid votes		5,592	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Ville-Marie

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Joffre Laporte (incumbent)	1,935	43.91
Montreal Citizens' Movement	John Gardiner (incumbent)	1,463	33.20
Municipal Action Group	Charles Dunbar	916	20.79
Independent	John Goedike	93	2.11
Total valid votes		4,407	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Henri

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Civic Party of Montreal	Germain Prégent	4,177	69.02
Municipal Action Group	Huguette Langevin	1,263	20.87
Montreal Citizens' Movement	Pierre Roberge	612	10.11
Total valid votes		6,052	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

Results in suburban communities

Dorval

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates		Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Winner	Defeated candidate	Incumbent
	Mayor		Sarto Desnoyers (acclaimed)		Sarto Desnoyers
East Ward	Councillor		Jean-Paul Bernier (acclaimed)		Jean-Paul Bernier
East Ward	Councillor		Peter Yeomans^[2]	Michel Rioux	Michel Rioux
East Ward	Councillor		Jean J. Cardinal (acclaimed)
West Ward	Councillor		Roy Amaron (acclaimed)		Roy Amaron
West Ward	Councillor		Geoffrey Ballance (acclaimed)		Geoffrey Ballance
West Ward 3	Councillor		Frank Richmond 1,756 (85.62%)	Douglas Worsley 295 (14.38%)	Frank Richmond

Source: Rodolphe Morissette, "Quatre nouveaux maires sur l'île de Montréal," Le Devoir, 6 November 1978, pp. 1-3.

Saint-Léonard

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Three

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Parti de l'alliance municipale	Robert Benoît	524	26.68
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard	Giuseppe Silvestri	427	21.74
Parti civique	Vittorio Bonaduce	388	19.76
Independent	Claudette Pregent	289	14.71
Independent	Donaldo Gianperso	254	12.93
Citoyen et progress	Gerald Lalonde	82	4.18
Total valid votes		1,964	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Four

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Parti civique	Joseph Andreoni co-listed with Don Carducci	765	32.06
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard	Giuseppe Mormina	668	28.00
Parti de l'alliance municipale	Franco Tutino	483	20.24
Independent	Herminio Iadeluca (incumbent)	387	16.22
Citoyen et progress	Linda Nardi	83	3.48
Total valid votes		2,386	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Six

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Parti de l'alliance municipale	Eduardo di Bennardo	596	35.69
Parti civique	Francesco Orlando	504	30.18
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard	Marcel Dubois	461	27.60
Citoyen et progress	Gerard Thibault	109	6.53
Total valid votes		1,670	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Eight

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard	Rosario Ortona	588	39.28
Parti de l'alliance municipale	Louis Tanguay	459	30.66
Parti civique	Giovanni Sardo	393	26.25
Citoyen et progress	Pierre Bally	57	3.81
Total valid votes		1,497	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Ten

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Parti de l'alliance municipale	Jules Lauzon	965	49.74
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard	Filomena Sclapari	594	30.62
Parti civique	Benny Morella	325	16.75
Citoyen et progress	Marcel Boivin	56	2.89
Total valid votes		1,940	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

1978 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Eleven

Party	Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Parti de l'alliance municipale	Jacques Proulx	822	39.54
Parti civique	Vittorio Galerio	579	27.85
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard	Jean-Guy Gravel	484	23.28
Citoyen et progress	François de Marco co-listed with Sylvie Dulac	194	9.33
Total valid votes		2,079	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978.

Information on elected candidates in suburban communities

Parti de l'alliance municipale

Robert Benoît (Ward Three) was elected in a close contest over five opponents. He did not seek re-election in 1982.

Elections in other Montreal-area communities

Longueuil

The 1978 municipal election in Longueuil did not produce a clear winner. Marcel Robidas of the Parti civique de Longueuil was re-elected as mayor, but nine of the seventeen council seats were won by the opposition Parti municipal de Longueuil.

Winning candidates appear in boldface.

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates				Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Parti municipal	Parti civique	Parti de la réforme municipale	Independent	Incumbent
	Mayor		Paul Viau 13,445	Marcel Robidas 15,828	Jean Huot 3,946
District 1	Councillor		Réal Gendron 396	Roger Ferguson 619	Yvon Bourcier 264	Jacques Bouchard 742 Roger Courchesne 96
District 2	Councillor		Georges Touten 1,204	Lucile Roy 1,128		Marc Decelles 824
District 3	Councillor		Henri Bouclin 539	Léonard Boulet 728		Gilles Bouffard 465
District 4	Councillor	2,621	Roger Ferland 1,093 (41.70%)	Bernard Brisson 879 (33.54%)	Henri D'Amour 288 (10.99%)	Gilles Leduc 361 (13.77%)
District 5	Councillor		René Leblanc 835	Armand Lavoie 438	Géraldine Courchesne 434	Fernand Lachapelle 267 André Marquette 137
District 6	Councillor		Robert H. Tremblay 672	Luc Salinovitch 604	Lorenzo Defoy 781
District 7	Councillor		Paul-Auguste Briand 698	Olivette Camaraire 464	Gérard Thibeault 175
District 8	Councillor		Gilles Déry 594	Lorraine Vaillancourt 549	Guy D'Amour 328
District 9	Councillor		Pierre Baril 849	Pierre Nantel 923	Régent Simard 398
District 10	Councillor	2,022	Jacques Finet 996 (49.26%)	André Meunier 871 (43.08%)	Pauline Fleury 155 (7.67%)
District 11	Councillor		Serge Sévigny 616	Georges Cowan 554		Lucien Lebrun 442
District 12	Councillor		Omer Leclerc 600	J. Paul Vermette 874	Francine Charest Beaucage 69
District 13	Councillor		Pauline Nicolas 670	Jeannine Labelle 924	André Lizotte 504	Denis Côté 405
District 14	Councillor		Roméo Lescarbeau 437	Paul-Émile Paquin 709	Marcel Bertrand 233	Florent Charest 244
District 15	Councillor		Jacques Laplante 868	Jean Raymond Payette 554	Michel Timperio 400
District 16	Councillor		Bernard Audet 938	Benoît Danault 947	Fernand Boudreault 166
District 17	Councillor		André Létourneau 827	Nicole Therrien 408	Françoise Gagné 140

Post-election changes:

Paul-Auguste Briand was subsequently expelled from the Parti municipal for breaking with the party on a vote pertaining to the Place Longueuil. This deprived by Parti municipal of its working majority on council.

Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Les origines du Parti municipal, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed 10 January 2014.

References

↑ Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed 16 May 2011.
↑ Le Devoir describes Rioux as having defeated Yeomans by 1,449 votes to 1,227. This is contradicted by several other sources describing Yeomans was the winner. It is possible that the numbers were accidentally reversed.

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