1994 Montreal municipal election

The 1994 Montreal municipal election took place on November 6, 1994. Pierre Bourque was elected to his first term as mayor, defeating incumbent Jean Doré. Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities.

1994 Montreal municipal election

← 1990 November 6, 1994 1998 →
51 seats in Montreal City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Pierre Bourque Jean Doré Party Vision Montreal Citizens' Movement Leader since 1994 1982 Last election pre-creation 42 seats, 59.20% Seats won 38 7 Seat change 38 35 Popular vote 135,678 91,907 Percentage 46.6% 31.5% Swing New 27.70%
Mayor before election Jean Doré Citizens' Movement Elected Mayor Pierre Bourque Vision Montreal

Results

Mayor

1994 Montreal mayoral election results Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Pierre Bourque 135,678 47.61 Montreal Citizens' Movement (x)Jean Doré 91,907 32.25 Montrealers' Party Jérôme Choquette 37,214 13.06 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Yolande Cohen 12,737 4.47 White Elephant Party Michel Bédard 2,678 0.94 Independent Carole Caron 1,433 0.50 Independent Jean-Luc Bonspiel 973 0.34 Independent Glenmore Browne 818 0.29 Independent Patricia Métivier 709 0.25 Independent Carl Zephir 438 0.15 Independent Marc Rainville 379 0.13 Total valid votes 284,964 100 Source: Official results, City of Montreal.

Council (incomplete)

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

 

Results for city councillor

  Vision Montreal: 38 seats

  Montreal Citizens' Movement: 7 seats

  Independents: 3 seats

  Montrealers' Party: 2 seats

  Democratic Coalition: 1 seat

Electoral District		Position	Total valid votes	Candidates											Incumbent
					Montreal Citizens' Movement		Vision Montreal		Montrealers' Party		Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal		Others
40	Hochelaga	City councillor	4,374		Diane Barbeau 1,654 (39.89%)		Luc Larivée 2,040 (49.20%)		Martin Baller 329 (7.94%)		Clément Schreiber 123 (2.97%)				Diane Barbeau
46	Tétreauville	City councillor	6,296		Nicole Milhomme 1,846 (29.32%)		Jean-Guy Deschamps 3,465 (55.03%)				Sylvain Lapalme 181 (2.87%)		Joseph Salerno (Ind.) 804 (12.77%)		Nicole Milhomme

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Ahuntsic Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Hasmig Belleli 3,458 46.19 Montreal Citizens' Movement Michel L'Allier 2,182 29.15 Montrealers' Party Michel Bureau 943 12.60 Independent Ghassan Saba 572 7.64 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Jean-Pierre Le Blanc 203 2.71 White Elephant Party Christian Coutu 128 1.71 Total valid votes 7,486 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Sulpice Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Maurice Beauchamp 2,602 39.26 Independent (x)Michel Benoit 2,125 32.06 Montreal Citizens' Movement Daniel Ducharme 1,540 23.23 Montrealers' Party Karine Hénault 263 3.97 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Max de Carrier 98 1.48 Total valid votes 6,628 100 Source: Official results, City of Montreal.

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Michel Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Paolo Tamburello 2,403 46.81 Montrealers' Party Pasquale Compierchio (incumbent) 1,711 33.33 Montreal Citizens' Movement Donato Caivano 737 14.36 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Michele A. Benigno 283 5.51 Total valid votes 5,134 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Rivard Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Daniel Boucher 1,954 46.85 Montreal Citizens' Movement Micheline Daigle (incumbent) 1,338 32.08 Montrealers' Party Antoinette Corrado 672 16.11 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Pietro Bozzo 207 4.96 Total valid votes 4,171 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, François-Perrault division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Vittorio Capparelli 2,277 48.16 Montreal Citizens' Movement Lyse Brunet 1,303 27.56 Montrealers' Party Frank Venneri 1,000 21.15 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Mario Laquerre 148 3.13 Total valid votes 4,728 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Parc-Extension division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Citizens' Movement (x)Konstantinos Georgoulis 2,419 33.64 Vision Montreal Angelos Diacoumacos 1,968 27.37 Independent Sofoklis Rasoulis 959 13.34 Independent Christos Karidogiannis 828 11.51 Montrealers' Party George Savoidakis 804 11.18 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Peter Stamadianos 213 2.96 Total valid votes 7,191 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Étienne-Desmarteau division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Michelle Daines 3,322 54.58 Montreal Citizens' Movement (x)Lea Cousineau 2,177 35.77 Montrealers' Party Pierre-Érick Noël 434 7.13 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Joseph Vega 153 2.51 Total valid votes 6,086 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Laurier Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Citizens' Movement Louise Roy 2,254 39.93 Vision Montreal Monique Côté 2,117 37.50 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Yolande Cohen 676 11.98 Montrealers' Party Gilbert Thibodeau 455 8.06 White Elephant Party Benoît Mainguy 88 1.56 Independent Richard Lemay 55 0.97 Total valid votes 5,645 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Peter-McGill division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Georgine Coutu 1,694 37.35 Independent (x)Nick Auf der Maur 1,469 32.39 Montreal Citizens' Movement Malcolm McLean 640 14.11 Montrealers' Party Van H. Petteway 477 10.52 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Douglas Buckley-Couvrette 203 4.48 White Elephant Party Pierre Corbeil 53 1.17 Total valid votes 4,536 100 Source: Official results, City of Montreal.

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Aimé Charron 2,598 47.90 Montrealers' Party (x)Fiorino Bianco 1,423 26.24 Independent Georges Roman 597 11.01 Independent Pierre Boucher 443 8.17 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Rossa Vaccaro 228 4.20 Independent Antonio Bocchicchio 135 2.49 Total valid votes 5,424 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Pierre Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Germain Prégent (incumbent) 2,713 71.13 Montreal Citizens' Movement Benoît St-Jean 678 17.78 Montrealers' Party Dave Schuilenburg 224 5.87 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Michael Chamberlain 199 5.22 Total valid votes 3,814 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Louis-Riel division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal (x)Jacques Charbonneau 4,354 61.80 Montreal Citizens' Movement Yves Bougie 1,814 25.75 Montrealers' Party Fabienne Bouchard 740 10.50 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Phillip Chee 137 1.94 Total valid votes 7,045 100 Source: Official results, City of Montreal.

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Longue-Pointe Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Claire St-Arnaud 2,482 47.93 Montreal Citizens' Movement Nicole Boudreau (incumbent) 1,967 37.99 Montrealers' Party Ronald Gosselin 507 9.79 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Jacynthe Simard 222 4.29 Total valid votes 5,178 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Honoré-Beaugrand division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Ivon Le Duc 2,679 39.83 Montreal Citizens' Movement (x)Scott McKay 2,422 36.01 Montrealers' Party Denis Proulx 1,125 16.73 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Julie Leduc 262 3.90 Independent Gilles Simard 156 2.32 White Elephant Party Guylaine Brisebois 82 1.22 Total valid votes 6,726 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

Information on the candidates

Montreal Citizens' Movement

• Michel L'Allier (Ahuntsic), Donato Caivano (Saint-Michel), and Lise Brunet (François-Perrault) were first-time candidates.

Montrealers' Party

• Michel Bureau (Ahuntsic) was a first-time candidate.
• Antoinette Corrado (Jean-Rivard) was a first-time candidate. She later sought election to the English Montreal School Board in 2007 as an ally of commission chair Dominic Spiridigliozzi.^[1]

Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal

• Jean-Pierre Le Blanc (Ahuntsic) was a first-time candidate.
• Michele A. Benigno (Saint-Michel) fought for the closure of the Miron landfill in the 1994 election.^[2] She later sought election to the English Montreal School Board in 2003 and lost to Rocco Barbieri. Four years later, she ran as part of Barbieri's electoral alliance and was again defeated.^[3]
• Pietro Bozzo (Jean-Rivard) was a first-time candidate. He later served as executive director of the Yellow Door, an activist resource center.^[4]
• Mario Laquerre (François-Perrault) is a specialist in urban affairs. He studied possible uses for the abandoned Francon Quarry in north-end Montreal during the 1990s and, in the 1994 campaign, articulated his party's position that parts of the quarry could be converted to a giant urban campsite.^[5] Laquerre also co-ordinated a local residents group that opposed the Miron quarry landfill site, an active garbage dump located within the city limits.^[6] After the 1994 election, he served as president of the Front Commun Québécois pour une Gestion Écologique des Déchets (which sought to limit the shipment of garbage among Quebec's regions) and worked for the group RECYQ-QUÉBEC.^[7]

Independents

• Ghassan Saba (Ahuntsic) had previously been a Montreal Citizens' Movement candidate in the 1990 municipal election. A newspaper report from that election listed him as a thirty-eight-year-old investment counsellor.^[8]

Suburban results

Dorval

All members of the Dorval city council were re-elected without opposition.

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates	Incumbent
			Winner
	Mayor	-	Peter Yeomans (acclaimed)	Peter Yeomans
East Ward 1	Councillor	-	Edgar Rouleau (acclaimed)	Edgar Rouleau
East Ward 2	Councillor	-	Emile LaCoste (acclaimed)	Emile LaCoste
East Ward 3	Councillor	-	Raymond Lauzon (acclaimed)	Raymond Lauzon
West Ward 1	Councillor	-	Robert M. Bourbeau (acclaimed)	Robert M. Bourbeau
West Ward 2	Councillor	-	Ian W. Heron (acclaimed)	Ian W. Heron
West Ward 3	Councillor	-	Heather Allard (acclaimed)	Heather Allard

Source: "Who's running where in Nov. 6 elections," Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994, F2.

Montreal North

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates			Incumbent
			Renouveau municipal	Collectivité de Montréal-Nord	Independent
	Mayor	18,619	Yves Ryan 16,459 (88.40%)	Jean-Pierre Menard 2,160 (11.60%)		Yves Ryan
District 1	Councillor	1,604	Antonin Dupont 1,332 (83.04%)	Diane Dupont 272 (16.96%)		Antonin Dupont
District 2	Councillor	1,695	Michelle Allaire 1,531 (90.32%)	Guy Devin 164 (9.68%)		Michelle Allaire
District 3	Councillor	2,167	Pierre Blain 1,665 (76.83%)	Bertrand Wall 328 (15.14%)	Michel Renaud 174 (8.03%)	Pierre Blain
District 4	Councillor	-	Georgette Morin (acclaimed)			Georgette Morin
District 5	Councillor	-	Maurice Belanger (acclaimed)			Maurice Belanger
District 6	Councillor	-	Réal Gibeau (acclaimed)			Réal Gibeau
District 7	Councillor	1,826	Jean-Paul Lessard 1,389 (76.07%)	Jacqueline Roy 437 (23.93%)		Jean-Paul Lessard
District 8	Councillor	1,572	Normand Fortin 1,228 (78.12%)	Elaine Bissonnette 344 (21.88%)		Normand Fortin
District 9	Councillor	1,343	James Infantino 1,079 (80.34%)	Lise Leonard 264 (19.66%)		Armand Nadeau^[9]
District 10	Councillor	1,963	Andre Coulombe 1,597 (81.36%)	Jocelyne Millaire 366 (18.64%)		Andre Coulombe
District 11	Councillor	1,061	Raymond Paquin 908 (85.58%)	Lazard Vertus 153 (14.42%)		Raymond Paquin
District 12	Councillor	1,283	Robert Guerriero 1,110 (86.52%)	Claude Forest 173 (13.48%)		Robert Guerriero

Source: "Voting Results: The Final Count," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1994, A4.

Saint-Leonard

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Three Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Mario Battista accl. . Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Four Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Italo Barone 1,214 72.09 Independent Joseph Mormina 470 27.91 Total valid votes 1,684 100 Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Six Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Dominic Perri accl. . Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Seven Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Yvette Bissonnet accl. Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Eight Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Vincenzo Arciresi accl. . Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Ten Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Domenico Moschella accl. . Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election results: Councillor, Ward Twelve Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti municipal (x)Robert Zambito 845 53.45 Independent Giacomo Vigna 736 46.55 Total valid votes 1,581 100 Source: Mike King, "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

Information on candidates in suburban communities

Independents

• Joseph Mormina is a Montreal entrepreneur. He sought election to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1978 and 1982 as a candidate of the Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard and was narrowly defeated both times. When his party fragmented in 1984, Mormina joined the Action civique de Saint-Léonard and supported Domenico Moschella's bid to become mayor of Saint-Leonard in a municipal by-election.^[10] Action civique later folded into Unité de Saint-Léonard, and Mormina ran unsuccessfully for the latter party in the 1986 municipal election.^[11] He ran as an independent in 1994.

Results in other Montreal-area communities

Longueuil

Parti municipal de Longueuil leader Claude Gladu was elected to his first term as mayor, succeeding Roger Ferland. The Parti municipal won fourteen seats on council, while former mayor Jacques Finet's Alliance de Longueuil won the remaining six.

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates				Incumbent
			Parti municipal	Parti Longueuillois	Alliance de Longueuil	Independent
	Mayor	47,185	Claude Gladu 19,223 (40.74%)	Gisèle Hamelin 14,041 (29.76%)	Jacques Finet 13,921 (29.50%)		Roger Ferland
Ward One	Councillor	1,850	Joël Gamache 650 (35.14%)	Claude Nephtali 557 (30.11%)	Richard Gagnon 643 (34.76%)		Pierre Beaudry
Ward Two	Councillor	2,425	Mario Genest 854 (35.22%)	Martin Clark 617 (25.44%)	Cécile Langevin 954 (39.34%)		Cécile Langevin
Ward Three	Councillor	2,105	Henri Dubois 1,251 (59.43%)	Anne-Marie Bischoff 396 (18.81%)	Diane Smith 458 (21.76%)		Claude Gladu
Ward Four	Councillor	2,374	Gérald Marcil 902 (37.99%)	Bernard Lacelles 531 (22.37%)	Sylvie Robidas 941 (39.64%)		Sylvie Robidas
Ward Five	Councillor	2,076	Nicole Béliveau 1,068 (51.45%)	Yves Ferron 474 (22.83%)	Sylvie Grenier 534 (25.72%)		Nicole Béliveau
Ward Six	Councillor	2,095	Réjean Vincent 470 (22.43%)	Ginette Lemarier 659 (31.46%)	Normand Caisse 966 (46.11%)		Jacques Morissette
Ward Seven	Councillor	2,267	Alain St-Pierre 1,102 (48.61%)	Martin Daraîche 497 (21.92%)	Charles A. Ashton 668 (29.47%)		Roger Lacombe
Ward Eight	Councillor	2,022	Johane Deshaies 866 (42.83%)	Jean Claude D’Amour 485 (23.99%)	Suzanne Cyr 671 (33.18%)		Johane Deshaies
Ward Nine	Councillor	2,585	Nicole Lafontaine 1,056 (40.85%)	Jacqueline Bonenfant 721 (27.89%)	Pierre Nantel 808 (31.26%)		Pierre Nantel
Ward Ten	Councillor	2,026	Manon Hénault 1,039 (51.28%)	Olivette Rousseau 474 (23.40%)	Jean Babin 513 (25.32%)		Manon Hénault
Ward Eleven	Councillor	2,396	Serge Sévigny 982 (40.98%)	Constant Jeanty 598 (24.96%)	Pierre Pétroni 816 (34.06%)		Serge Sévigny
Ward Twelve	Councillor	2,410	Lise Sauvé 1,060 (43.98%)	Micheline Ward 325 (13.49%)	Michel Champagne 1,025 (42.53%)		Michel Champagne
Ward Thirteen	Councillor	2,272	Bertrand Girard 866 (38.12%)	Omer Leclerc 570 (25.09%)	Jean St-Hilaire 836 (36.80%)		Jean St-Hilaire
Ward Fourteen	Councillor	2,125	Ginette Lalonde 653 (30.73%)	Jean-Pierre Trahan 184 (8.66%)	Michel Timperio 1,288 (60.61%)		Michel Timperio
Ward Fifteen	Councillor	2,320	Henri Charbonneau 721 (31.08%)	Arthur Méthot 540 (23.28%)	Florent Charest 1,059 (45.65%)		Florent Charest
Ward Sixteen	Councillor	2,155	Pierre Beaudry 882 (40.93%)	Joanne Savoie 614 (28.49%)	Thérèse Lafrenière 659 (30.58%)		Georges Touten
Ward Seventeen	Councillor	2,506	Claude Lamoureux 1,040 (41.50%)	Gérald Varichon 391 (15.60%)	Pierre Racicot 1,075 (42.90%)		Pierre Racicot
Ward Eighteen	Councillor	2,934	Jacques Milette 1,365 (46.52%)	Richard Briggs 624 (21.27%)	Marc Lachance 945 (32.21%)		Jacques Milette
Ward Nineteen	Councillor	2,975	Claudette Tessier 1,465 (49.24%)	Pierre Plourde 711 (23.90%)	Pierre Lestage 740 (24.87%)	Raymond Lévesque 59 (1.98%)	Benoît Danault
Ward Twenty	Councillor	2,910	Simon Crochetière 1,283 (44.09%)	Pardo Chiocchio 835 (28.69%)	Léo Paduano 792 (27.22%)		Léo Paduano

Source: , Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed February 27, 2014.

References

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2. Graeme Hamilton, "Broken promises; St. Michel residents filled with political skepticism, especially when it comes to the Miron garbage dump," Montreal Gazette, November 3, 1994, A4.
3. Brenda Branswell, "Voter turnout key to school boards' future; Candidates hope people will show up at polls tomorrow," Montreal Gazette, November 3, 2007, A1.
4. Susan Schwartz, "Celebrities create collection plates for Mazon; And community centre supporters show style," Montreal Gazette, December 12, 2011, A29.
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10. "Case delayed in suit against St. Leonard by ex-secretary," Montreal Gazette, May 22, 1986, p. 6. Raymond Renaud won the by-election and subsequently fired Mormina's wife, who worked a secretary in the mayor's office. She later charged Renaud with wrongful dismissal.
11. Mormina was thirty-eight years old during this election. "St. Leonard party unites defectors and former rivals," Montreal Gazette, October 9, 1986, p. 8.