- Montreal municipal election, 1998
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The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada held municipal elections on November 1, 1998, to elect a mayor and city councillors. Pierre Bourque was returned to a second term as mayor against a divided opposition.
Various suburban communities on the Island of Montreal also held elections on November 1.
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Results
Mayor
1998 Montreal mayoral election results Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal (x)Pierre Bourque 141,814 45.52 New Montreal Jacques Duchesneau 84,289 27.05 Montreal Citizens' Movement Michel Prescott 46,298 14.86 Team Montreal Jean Doré 32,167 10.32 PM2000 Michel Bédard 3,004 0.96 Independent Patricia Métivier 2,224 0.71 Independent Michel Dugré 989 0.32 Independent Laurent Alie 784 0.25 Total valid votes 311,569 100 City Councillors
1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Rivard division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Nicole Roy-Arcelin 2,100 40.46 Independent (x)Daniel Boucher 1,281 24.68 New Montreal Claude Bricault 981 18.90 Team Montreal Keder Hyppolite 505 9.73 Montreal Citizens' Movement Solange Allen 323 6.22 Total valid votes 5,190 100 1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, François-Perrault division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Frank Venneri 2,622 49.05 Montreal Citizens' Movement (x)Vittorio Capparelli 1,277 23.89 New Montreal Lanise Hayes 780 14.59 Team Montreal Yasmin Bautista 420 7.86 Independent Michel Handfield 247 4.62 Total valid votes 5,346 100 1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Laurier division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Citizens' Movement Hélène Jolicoeur 1,846 30.14 New Montreal (x)Louise Roy 1,454 23.74 Vision Montreal Odile Hénault 1,411 23.04 Team Montreal Simon Robillard 1,102 17.99 Coalition démocratique de Montréal Jean-Guy Aubé 107 1.75 Independent Denis Munger 106 1.73 PM2000 Benoît Mainguy 99 1.62 Total valid votes 6,125 100 1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Parc-Extension division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Mary Deros 2,954 39.61 Montreal 2000 Sofoklis Rasoulis 2,124 28.48 New Montreal Effie Gournaki 1,123 15.06 Team Montreal Christos Karidogiannis 765 10.26 Independent Naveed Anwar 227 3.04 Montreal Citizens' Movement Thanasi Dionisopoulos 176 2.36 Coalition démocratique de Montréal Sylvia d'Apollonia 89 1.19 Total valid votes 7,458 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.
1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Jacques division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Team Montreal (x)Sammy Forcillo 2,298 37.87 Vision Montreal Diane Cormier 1,826 30.09 New Montreal Serge Lareault 934 15.39 Montreal Citizens' Movement Luc Belhomme 795 13.10 PM2000 Alain Deschambault 124 2.04 Coalition démocratique de Montréal Robert Saint-Louis 91 1.50 Total valid votes 6,068 100 1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Maisonneuve division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Richer Dompierre 2,179 47.40 New Montreal Jean Baribeau 1,047 22.78 Montreal Citizens' Movement Jacynthe Simard 719 15.64 Team Montreal Jean Vianney Jutras 652 14.18 Total valid votes 4,597 100.00 Suburban communities
- Saint-Leonard
1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Two Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Mario Battista accl. Source: Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 1998, A6.
1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Three Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Italo Barone accl. Source: Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 1998, A6.
1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Four Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Domenico Moschella accl. Source: Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 1998, A6.
1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Six Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Dominic Perri accl. Source: Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 1998, A6.
1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Seven Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Yvette Bissonnet accl. Source: Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 1998, A6.
1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Eight Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Vincenzo Arciresi accl. Source: Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 1998, A6.
1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Ten Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Parti Municipal (x)Robert Zambito accl. Source: Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 1998, A6.
Information about the candidates
- New Montreal
- Lanise Hayes (François-Perrault) was a first time candidate.
- Team Montreal
- Yasmin Bautista (François-Perrault) was a school commissioner.[1]
- Independents
- Michel Handfield (François-Perrault), a sociologist, was a member of the environmental group PARI Saint-Michel. He had been a member of the Montreal Citizens' Movement in the early 1990s and briefly joined Vision Montreal in 1994. In the 1998 election, he said that he was running to protest the city's sale of land at the Hippodrome de Montreal to the province.[2] Handfield later took part in a campaign to shut down the Miron garbage landfill.[3]
References
- ^ Monique Beaudin, "Dore vague on plan's details: Former mayor unveils team for comeback bid," Montreal Gazette, 23 May 1998, p. 5.
- ^ Linda Gyulai, "Independents' day?: Unaffiliated candidates could wield power," Montreal Gazette, 6 October 1998, p. 1.
- ^ Michael Mainville, "Dump's days are numbered: Miron's neighbours will be able to breathe a clean sigh of relief," Montreal Gazette, 25 November 1999, p. 5.
Categories:- Municipal elections in Quebec
- 1998 elections in Canada
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