There were thirty-four independent and non-affiliated candidates in the 1989 Quebec provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Heather Keith-Ryan
Robin Lawrance
He ran for mayor of Cowansville in Quebec's 1990 municipal elections. The Montreal Gazette noted that his election circular was "hand-printed and filled with spelling mistakes" and that he provided no details to his $62,000 plan to make Cowansville's water drinkable.[3] He lost to incumbent mayor Jacques Charbonneau by a significant margin.[4] Lawrance has said that he once formed a political party called the "People's Party of Canada," but that he abandoned this project for health reasons.[5]
Lawrance later moved to Ottawa, Ontario, and ran for mayor in that city's 2010 municipal election. Fifty-three years old at the time, he was identified in the press as a legally blind person. He said that he would promote the rights of the disabled, adding that he supported Ottawa's existing transit system over a proposed light rail plan.[6] Shortly before the election, Lawrance was charged with assault for allegedly hitting his wife with a cane.[7] He received less than one per cent of the vote.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 provincial | Brome-Missisquoi | Independent | 137 | 0.55 | 6/7 | Pierre Paradis, Liberal | |
| 1990 Cowansville municipal | Mayor of Cowansville | n/a | 294 | 11.13 | 2/2 | Jacques Charbonneau | |
| 2010 Ottawa municipal | Mayor of Ottawa | n/a | 300 | 0.11 | 13/20 | Jim Watson |
Sources for election results: Official Results, Government of Quebec; Rita Legault, "Sherbrooke voters turf out their mayor," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1990, A5; Official Results, City of Ottawa.
Rodrigue Lemoyne
There is a public figure named Rodrigue Lemoyne from Sorel, Quebec (now a part of Sorel-Tracy), which is located in the Richelieu division. This figure, a lawyer, is best known for his colourful tenure as general manager of the Sorel Éperviers ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During the league finals in 1974, he dismissed the team's head coach to take over the position himself. He moved the team to Verdun in 1977, but shifted it back to Sorel in the middle of the 1979-80 season.[9] Lemoyne also represented star player Raymond Bourque in 1979 and, when Bourque was about to be drafted into the National Hockey League, tried to negotiate a financial settlement worth ten times the agreed rate for underage players. He lost this bid following pressure from Harry Sinden, president of the Boston Bruins.[10] In 1988, he was reprimanded by a disciplinary committee of the Quebec Bar for insulting and threatening another lawyer.[11] This may be the same figure at the 1989 candidate.