1998 Quebec municipal elections




More than two hundred and forty municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held mayoral and council elections on November 1, 1998.




Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 Montreal


    • 1.2 Montréal-Nord


    • 1.3 Sherbrooke


    • 1.4 Bromont


    • 1.5 Cowansville


    • 1.6 Magog




  • 2 References





Results



Montreal



1998 Montreal mayoral election results


































































Montréal-Nord



1998 Montreal North mayoral election results















Sherbrooke

















1998 Sherbrooke election, Mayor of Sherbrooke
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
(x)Jean Perreault

c. 70


Bromont






















1998 Bromont election, Mayor of Bromont
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes

Pauline Quinlan
not listed
c. 73
(x)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






















1998 Cowansville election, Mayor of Cowansville
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes

Arthur Fauteux

c. 60%
(x)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






















1998 Magog election, Mayor of 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.



References




  1. ^ Harvey Enchin, "Balanced Bromomt rises slowly," Globe and Mail, 21 November 1988, B1.


  2. ^ "Bromont: Town that Rolland Desourdy built thriving after 25 years," Montreal Gazette, 23 April 1989, A6.


  3. ^ "Dion wins Bromont byelection," Sherbrooke Record, 29 May 2001, p. 4.


  4. ^ Joshua Bleser, "Robert Desourdy cancels mayoral bid in Bromont," Sherbrooke Record, 20 October 2005, p. 2.


  5. ^ "Quebec election results stay true to polls," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1998, A8.


  6. ^ Linda Drouin, "3 byelections give parties chance to test support," Vancouver Sun, 9 January 1995, A5.


  7. ^ Rita Legault, "Enviro watchdogs push politicians to protect lake," Sherbrooke Record, 8 August 2003, p. 9; Brion Robinson, "U.S. to help clean up Memphremagog Lake," Sherbrooke Record, 8 August 2005, p. 1.


  8. ^ Maurice Crossfield, "Bromont campaign turns to remaining voters," Sherbrooke Record, 31 October 2002, p. 5.











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