1998 Quebec municipal elections
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Results
Montreal
| 1998 Montreal municipal election: Mayor of Montreal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 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 | |||||
| Montreal 2000 | 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 | ||||||
| Source: Official Results, City of Montreal | ||||||||
Montréal-Nord
| 1998 Montreal North municipal election: Mayor of Montreal North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| (x)Yves Ryan | acclaimed | . | ||||||
| Source: "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8. | ||||||||
Sherbrooke
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| (incumbent)Jean Perreault | c. 70 |
Bromont
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| Pauline Quinlan | not listed | c. 73 |
| (incumbent)Robert Desourdy |
- Robert Desourdy is the son of Rolland Desourdy, who served as mayor of Cowansville for nineteen years and founded Bromont as a "model town" in the early 1960s.[1] Rolland's brother, Germain Desourdy, also served a mayor Bromont in the 1970s. In the 1980s, the younger Desourdy oversaw family interests such as a ski resort and golf course.[2] He served as mayor of Bromont from 1996 until 1998, when he was defeated by Pauline Quinlan. He sought to return to council in a May 2001 by-election, but was defeated.[3] Desourdy later announced that he would seek the mayoralty again in 2005, but he ultimately chose not to file his nomination papers.[4]
Cowansville
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Fauteux | c. 60% | |
| (incumbent)Jacques Charbonneau | c. 40% |
- Jacques Charbonneau served as mayor of Cowansville from 1986 until 1998, when he lost to Arthur Fauteux.[5] He also sought the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Brome—Missisquoi prior to the 1993 federal election, without success.[6] After leaving the mayoralty, he became a board member of Memphremagog Conservation Incorporated.[7] Charbonneau is the father of Bromont politician Patrick Charbonneau and football player Steve Charbonneau.[8]
Magog
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Poulin | elected | |
| Noël Lacasse | defeated |
Newspaper coverage indicates that the contest was close, with Poulin winning by about one hundred votes.
Source for election results: "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.
