The 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.[1]
Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities in November 1978. Most suburban elections took place on November 5; the election in Saint-Léonard was held on November 12.
Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.
| width=10% rowspan=2 | Electoral District | width=8% rowspan=2 | Position | width=6% rowspan=2 | Total valid votes | Candidates | width=10% rowspan=2 | Incumbent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=12% | Winner | width=12% | Defeated candidate | ||||||
| Mayor | Sarto Desnoyers (acclaimed) | Sarto Desnoyers | |||||||
| East Ward | Councillor | Jean-Paul Bernier (acclaimed) | Jean-Paul Bernier | ||||||
| East Ward | Councillor | Peter Yeomans[2] | Michel Rioux | Michel Rioux | |||||
| East Ward | Councillor | Jean J. Cardinal (acclaimed) | |||||||
| West Ward | Councillor | Roy Amaron (acclaimed) | Roy Amaron | ||||||
| West Ward | Councillor | Geoffrey Ballance (acclaimed) | Geoffrey Ballance | ||||||
| West Ward 3 | Councillor | Frank Richmond 1,756 (85.62%) | Douglas Worsley 295 (14.38%) | Frank Richmond | |||||
Source: Rodolphe Morissette, "Quatre nouveaux maires sur l'île de Montréal," Le Devoir, November 6, 1978, pp. 1-3.
| width=10% rowspan=2 | Electoral District | width=8% rowspan=2 | Position | width=6% rowspan=2 | Total valid votes | Candidates | width=10% rowspan=2 | Incumbent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=12% | Renouveau municipal | width=12% | Others | ||||||
| Mayor | - | Yves Ryan (acclaimed) | Yves Ryan | ||||||
| East Quarter, Seat One | Councillor | - | Jean-Paul Lessard (acclaimed) | Jean-Paul Lessard | |||||
| East Quarter, Seat Two | Councillor | - | Normand Fortin (acclaimed) | ||||||
| West Quarter, Seat One | Councillor | - | Pierre Blain (acclaimed) | Pierre Blain | |||||
| West Quarter, Seat Two | Councillor | - | Ernest Chartrand (acclaimed) | Ernest Chartrand | |||||
| Center Quarter, Seat One | Councillor | - | Réal Gibeau 1,987 (65.00%) | André Elliott 1,070 (35.00%) | |||||
| Center Quarter, Seat Two | Councillor | - | Maurice Bélanger (acclaimed) | Maurice Bélanger | |||||
Source: "Les élections municipales," Le Devoir, 6 November 1978, A3.
The 1978 municipal election in Longueuil did not produce a clear winner. Marcel Robidas of the Parti civique de Longueuil was re-elected as mayor, but nine of the seventeen council seats were won by the opposition Parti municipal de Longueuil.
Winning candidates appear in boldface.
| width=10% rowspan=2 | Electoral District | width=8% rowspan=2 | Position | width=6% rowspan=2 | Total valid votes | Candidates | width=10% rowspan=2 | Incumbent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=12% | Parti municipal | width=12% | Parti civique | width=12% | Parti de la réforme municipale | width=12% | Independent | ||||
| Mayor | 33,219 | Paul Viau 13,445 (40.47%) | Marcel Robidas 15,828 (47.65%) | Jean Huot 3,946 (11.88%) | |||||||
| District 1 | Councillor | 2,117 | Réal Gendron 396 (18.71%) | Roger Ferguson 619 (29.24%) | Yvon Bourcier 264 (12.47%) | Jacques Bouchard 742 (35.05%) Roger Courchesne 96 (4.53%) | |||||
| District 2 | Councillor | 3,156 | Georges Touten 1,204 (38.15%) | Lucile Roy 1,128 (35.74%) | Marc Decelles 824 (26.11%) | ||||||
| District 3 | Councillor | 1,732 | Henri Bouclin 539 (31.12%) | Léonard Boulet 728 (42.03%) | Gilles Bouffard 465 (26.85%) | ||||||
| District 4 | Councillor | 2,621 | Roger Ferland 1,093 (41.70%) | Bernard Brisson 879 (33.54%) | Henri D'Amour 288 (10.99%) | Gilles Leduc 361 (13.77%) | |||||
| District 5 | Councillor | 2,111 | René Leblanc 835 (39.55%) | Armand Lavoie 438 (20.75%) | Géraldine Courchesne 434 (20.56%) | Fernand Lachapelle 267 (12.65%) André Marquette 137 (6.49%) | |||||
| District 6 | Councillor | 2,057 | Robert H. Tremblay 672 (32.67%) | Luc Salinovitch 604 (29.37%) | Lorenzo Defoy 781 (37.97%) | ||||||
| District 7 | Councillor | 1,337 | Paul-Auguste Briand 698 (52.21%) | Olivette Camaraire 464 (34.70%) | Gérard Thibeault 175 (13.09%) | ||||||
| District 8 | Councillor | 1,471 | Gilles Déry 594 (40.38%) | Lorraine Vaillancourt 549 (37.32%) | Guy D'Amour 328 (22.30%) | ||||||
| District 9 | Councillor | 2,170 | Pierre Baril 849 (39.12%) | Pierre Nantel 923 (42.53%) | Régent Simard 398 (18.34%) | ||||||
| District 10 | Councillor | 2,022 | Jacques Finet 996 (49.26%) | André Meunier 871 (43.08%) | Pauline Fleury 155 (7.67%) | ||||||
| District 11 | Councillor | 1,612 | Serge Sévigny 616 (38.21%) | Georges Cowan 554 (34.37%) | Lucien Lebrun 442 (27.42%) | ||||||
| District 12 | Councillor | 1,543 | Omer Leclerc 600 (38.89%) | J. Paul Vermette 874 (56.64%) | Francine Charest Beaucage 69 (4.47%) | ||||||
| District 13 | Councillor | 2,503 | Pauline Nicolas 670 (26.77%) | Jeannine Labelle 924 (36.92%) | André Lizotte 504 (20.14%) | Denis Côté 405 (16.18%) | |||||
| District 14 | Councillor | 1,623 | Roméo Lescarbeau 437 (26.93%) | Paul-Émile Paquin 709 (43.68%) | Marcel Bertrand 233 (14.36%) | Florent Charest 244 (15.03%) | |||||
| District 15 | Councillor | 1,822 | Jacques Laplante 868 (47.64%) | Jean Raymond Payette 554 (30.41%) | Michel Timperio 400 (21.95%) | ||||||
| District 16 | Councillor | 2,051 | Bernard Audet 938 (45.73%) | Benoît Danault 947 (46.17%) | Fernand Boudreault 166 (8.09%) | ||||||
| District 17 | Councillor | 1,375 | André Létourneau 827 (60.15%) | Nicole Therrien 408 (29.67%) | Françoise Gagné 140 (10.18%) | ||||||
Post-election changes:
Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Les origines du Parti municipal, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 10, 2014.