- Alain André
Alain André was a Canadian politician and a
City Council lor inMontreal ,Quebec .André was the leader of the "Parti Municipal (Municipal Party)", a municipal political party that competed with the
Civic Party of Montreal for theright of center vote and official opposition status in Montreal from 1989 to 1992. [ [http://www.pum.umontreal.ca/apqc/90_91/drouilly/drouilly.htm L'élection municipale de 1990 à Montréal, Pierre Drouilly, Université du Québec à Montréal, L'année politique au Québec 1990-1991] ]He ran for the
City Council in a 1989by-election in the district of Sault-au-Récollet. He lost with 39% of the vote, against Civic candidate Serge Sauvageau (40%).In 1990, he finished third in the mayoral election with only 10% of the vote, but was elected Councillor of the district of Ahuntsic with 38% of the vote and became Leader of the Opposition.
However, the "Parti Municipal" suffered a number of defections in favor of the Civic Party and by 1991 the Democratic Coalition of Montreal temporarily became the Official Opposition. The "Parti Municipal" soon merged with the Civic Party and André sat as a Civic Councilmember. He did not run for re-election in 1994.
In that same year, André had been falsely accused of sexual assault. In 1999, the Montreal police and prosecutors were condemned to pay him and his wife Lorraine Drouin $366,800 plus interest for wrongfully arresting him. [ [http://www.injusticebusters.com/2003/Andre_Alain.htm Alain André, Injustice Busters] ]
In 2005, André ran as a candidate for city council in the Saint-Sulpice district under the Vision Montreal Banner but was defeated by Jocelyn-Ann Campbell of UCIM (now Union Montreal).
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