1986 Quebec municipal elections

Several municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held mayoral and council elections on November 9, 1986. The most closely watched contest was in Montreal, where Jean Doré was elected to his first term as mayor.

Results

Montreal

1986 Montreal mayoral election results Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Citizens' Movement Jean Doré 230,025 67.70 Civic Party of Montreal Claude Dupras 99,739 29.35 ADMM Kenneth Cheung 4,108 1.21 Independent Marie-Claire Desroches 2,282 0.67 Independent Gilles Côté 1,676 0.49 Independent Philip Moscovitch 1,235 0.36 Independent Ned Dmytryshyn 708 0.21 Total valid votes 339,773 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Montréal-Nord

1986 Montreal North mayoral election results Candidate Total votes % of total votes (x) Yves Ryan acclaimed . Source: "In with the old," Montreal Gazette, 4 November 1986, B2.

Cowansville

Jacques Charbonneau was elected to his first term as mayor.[1] Future mayor Arthur Fauteux was elected to his first term on council.[2]

Longueuil

1986 Longueuil municipal election, Councillor, District Nineteen

Party		Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Parti Municipal		Benoit Danault	2,180	73.72
Parti Civique		Jean L'Écuyer	777	26.28
Total valid votes			2,957	100

Source: "Final tally shows size of victory in Longueuil," Montreal Gazette, 6 November 1986, V1.

• Jean L'Écuyer, defeated in the 1986 election, was elected as a school trustee on the Commission scolaire Jacques-Cartier in 1987.[3] In the 2007 provincial election, a candidate named Jean L'Écuyer ran for the Action démocratique du Québec party in Brome—Missisquoi. It is not known if this was the same person.

References

1. "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.
2. Claude Arpin, "Maverick ousts Sherbrooke mayor in tight race," Sherbrooke Record, 7 November 1994, A5.
3. "Election results for South Shore boards," Montreal Gazette, 16 November 1987, A6.