Montreal municipal election, 1986
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The 1986 Montreal municipal election took place on November 9, 1978, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau
did not seek re-election, and Jean Doré
from the opposition Montreal Citizens' Movement
(MCM) was elected to the position by a significant margin.
Elections also took place in suburban Montreal communities.
Council
Unité de Saint-Léonard
Équipe démocratique de Saint-Léonard
Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Saint-Léonard
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
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Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
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Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau
Jean Drapeau
Jean Drapeau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986...
did not seek re-election, and Jean Doré
Jean Doré
Jean Doré is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.-Background:Jean Doré studied law at the Université de Montréal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Master's Degree of Political Science from McGill University...
from the opposition Montreal Citizens' Movement
Montreal Citizens' Movement
The Montreal Citizens' Movement was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It existed from 1973 to 2001.-Origins:...
(MCM) was elected to the position by a significant margin.
Elections also took place in suburban Montreal communities.
Results
MayorCouncil
Information about the candidates
Independents- Marcel Paquet (Gabriel-Sagard) was a shopkeeper in Montreal. He was an independent candidate for council in Gabriel-Sagard in the 1982Montreal municipal election, 1982The 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.Elections were also held in...
and 1986 elections and was defeated both times. - Roger Larivée (Laurier) was elected as a Montreal city councillor in the 1978 municipal electionMontreal municipal election, 1978The 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.Elections were also held in...
after an unsuccessful bid in 1974Montreal municipal election, 1974The 1974 Montreal municipal election took place on November 10, 1974, 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.-Results:MayorCouncil...
. He served for four years as a member of Mayor Drapeau's Civic PartyCivic Party of MontrealThe Civic Party of Montreal was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It existed from 1960 to 1994. Throughout its history the Civic Party was dominated by the personality of its leader Jean Drapeau.-Origins:...
and was defeated by MCM candidate Robert Perreault in 1982Montreal municipal election, 1982The 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.Elections were also held in...
. Larivée had intended to run as a Civic Party candidate again in 1986, but was denied the nomination and ran as an independent.
Results in suburban communities
Saint-LeonardInformation about the candidates in Saint-Leonard
Ralliement de Saint-Léonard- Maurice Benoît (Ward Ten) was first elected to the Saint-Leonard council in the 1982 municipal election, winning as a Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-LéonardÉquipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-LéonardThe Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard was a political party based in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
candidate in the city's twelfth ward. He joined the newly formed Ralliement de Saint-LéonardRalliement de Saint-LéonardThe Ralliement de Saint-Léonard 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.-Rise to political dominance:...
in 1984 and was re-elected under its banner for the tenth ward in 1986. In May 1988, he joined seven other RdSL councillors, including future mayor Frank ZampinoFrank ZampinoFrank Zampino is a Montreal politician and a chartered accountant. He served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal and the city's second-ranking official...
, in resigning from the party to sit as independents. Benoît was not returned to council in the 1990 election.
Unité de Saint-Léonard
- Luigi Tesolin (Ward Six) was a thirty-eight-year-old engineer, running in his first election.
- Quintino Cimaglia (Ward Eight) was a forty-six-year-old entrepreneur, running in his first election.
Équipe démocratique de Saint-Léonard
- Yvon Desrochers (Ward Three) was a forty-nine-year-old grocery wholesaler in 1986. He had previously chaired the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le RoyerCommission scolaire Jérôme-Le RoyerThe Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer is a former school board that was located in the east end of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was abolished by the government of Quebec on July 1, 1998, as part of a general transition from school boards representing religious communities to those representing...
from 1977 to 1980 and remained a member of the commission until 1983. In the 1982 municipal electionMontreal municipal election, 1982The 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.Elections were also held in...
, he ran unsuccessfully as a Union municipale de Saint-LéonardUnion municipale de Saint-LéonardThe Union municipale de Saint-Léonard was a municipal political party in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, during the early to mid-1980s....
candidate. - Giovanni Sardo (Ward Six) ran for the Saint-Leonard city council in 1978Montreal municipal election, 1978The 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.Elections were also held in...
as a Parti civique candidate and in 1986 for the Équipe démocratique. He was defeated both times. Sardo was sixty years old in 1986 and identified as a travel agent. - Micheline Neveu-Dumontet (Ward Seven) was a forty-seven-year-old public servant. She had previously been a candidate in the 1982 Saint-Leonard electionMontreal municipal election, 1982The 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.Elections were also held in...
, running for the Parti de l'alliance municipaleParti de l'alliance municipale (Saint-Leonard)The Parti de l'alliance municipale , also known as the Alliance municipale de Saint-Léonard, was a municipal political party in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 1970s and 1980s...
(PAM)."New party picks slate for vote in St. Leonard," Montreal Gazette, 16 October 1986, p. 6. - Antonio Barretta (Ward Eight) was a thirty-six-year-old salesman in 1986. He was a first-time political candidate.
- Jules Lauzon (Ward Ten) was an engineer. He was elected to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1978 as a candidate of the Parti de l'alliance municipaleParti de l'alliance municipale (Saint-Leonard)The Parti de l'alliance municipale , also known as the Alliance municipale de Saint-Léonard, was a municipal political party in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 1970s and 1980s...
(PAM), which won a narrow majority on council. He ran for re-election in 1982 and was defeated by Pierre Paquet. He was later appointed to a vacant seat on the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le RoyerCommission scolaire Jérôme-Le RoyerThe Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer is a former school board that was located in the east end of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was abolished by the government of Quebec on July 1, 1998, as part of a general transition from school boards representing religious communities to those representing...
in January 1985 and emerged as an opponent of commission chair Dominic PerriDominic PerriDominic Perri is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has served on the Montreal city council since 2001 as a member of mayor Gérald Tremblay's Union Montreal party, formerly known as the Montreal Island Citizens' Union...
. He attempted to change the board's summer hiring policy in 1987, charging that it was plagued by nepotism. He sought re-election to the Saint-Leonard council as an Équipe démocratique candidate in 1986 and was narrowly defeated. He did not seek re-election to the school commission in 1987. - Jacques Amyot (Ward Twelve) was a forty-three-year-old employee of the Montreal Urban Community Transit Corp.Société de transport de MontréalThe Société de transport de Montréal is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
.
Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Saint-Léonard
- Liborio (Bob) Sciascia (Ward Five) was a thirty-eight-year-old accountant. He is not to be confused with a different Liborio Sciascia, who was killed in a mafia-related shooting in 2010.
- Paolo Gervasi (Ward Six) was a fifty-eight-year-old realtor. He is not to be confused with a different Paolo Gervasi, who was killed in a gangland-style execution in 2004.
- Rosario Ortona (Ward Eight), a school teacher, was thirty-nine years old in 1986. He was elected to the Saint-Leonard city council in the 1978 municipal electionMontreal municipal election, 1978The 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.Elections were also held in...
as a candidate of Michel BissonnetMichel BissonnetMichel Bissonnet, MNA is a Canadian politician who served as Liberal member and President of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Background:...
's Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-LéonardÉquipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-LéonardThe Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard was a political party based in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
. He later left this party to join the Union municipale de Saint-LéonardUnion municipale de Saint-LéonardThe Union municipale de Saint-Léonard was a municipal political party in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, during the early to mid-1980s....
and was defeated under its banner in the 1982 electionMontreal municipal election, 1982The 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.Elections were also held in...
. Subsequently, Ortona became Union municipale's leader and ran as its mayoral candidate in a 1984 by-election; he was defeated by Raymond RenaudRaymond RenaudRaymond 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.-Councillor:...
. Renaud and seven councillors launched a $423,000 libel suit against Ortona and his official agent after the election; the suit related to campaign advertisements from Ortona's team that criticized a land deal approved by the city. Newspaper accounts do not indicate how this matter was resolved. Ortona worked to create a united opposition party in Saint-Leonard during this period, and shortly before the 1986 election he dissolved his party to join the Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Saint-Léonard. In 2000, he was hired as adult education director for the English Montreal School BoardEnglish Montreal School BoardEnglish Montreal School Board is the largest English-language school board in Quebec. The EMSB is responsible for anglophone public schools in the centre and eastern sectors of Montreal Island. Public education in the western portion of Montreal Island is administered by the Lester B. Pearson...
. - Michelangelo Cannistraro (Ward Twelve) was a forty-eight-year-old company manager.