Montreal municipal election, 1994
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The 1994 Montreal municipal election took place on November 6, 1994. Pierre Bourque
was elected to his first term as mayor
, defeating incumbent Jean Doré
. Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities.
Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal
Pierre Bourque
Pierre Bourque, CQ is a businessman and politician in Quebec, Canada. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.-Background:...
was elected to his first term as mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
, defeating incumbent Jean Doré
Jean Doré
Jean Doré is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.-Background:Jean Doré studied law at the Université de Montréal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Master's Degree of Political Science from McGill University...
. Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities.
Council
Information on the candidates
Montreal Citizens' Movement- Lise Brunet (François-Perrault) was a first time candidate.
Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal
- Mario Laquerre (François-Perrault) is a specialist in urban affairs. He studied possible uses for the abandoned Francon Quarry in north-end Montreal during the 1990s and, in the 1994 campaign, articulated his party's position that parts of the quarry could be converted to a giant urban campsite. Laquerre also co-ordinated a local residents group that opposed the Miron quarry landfill site, an active garbage dump located within the city limits. After the 1994 election, he served as president of the Front Commun Québécois pour une Gestion Écologique des Déchets (which sought to limit the shipment of garbage among Quebec's regions) and worked for the group RECYQ-QUÉBEC.
Suburban results
Saint-LeonardInformation on candidates in suburban communities
Independents- Joseph Mormina is a Montreal entrepreneur. He sought election to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1978 and 1982 as a candidate of the Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-LéonardÉquipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-LéonardThe Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard was a political party based in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
and was narrowly defeated both times. When his party fragmented in 1984, Mormina joined the Action civique de Saint-LéonardAction civique de Saint-LéonardAction civique de Saint-Léonard was a municipal political party that existed from 1984 to 1986 in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
and supported Domenico MoschellaDomenico MoschellaDomenico Moschella, also known as Dominic Moschella, is an entrepreneur and politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a city councillor in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard from 1982 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 2001 and has been a school commissioner with the Commission scolaire de la...
's bid to become mayor of Saint-Leonard in a municipal by-electionBy-electionA by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
. Action civique later folded into Unité de Saint-LéonardUnité de Saint-LéonardUnité de Saint-Léonard was a municipal political party that operated from 1986 to 1987 in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
, and Mormina ran unsuccessfully for the latter party in the 1986 municipal election. He ran as an independent in 1994.