1994 Montreal municipal election
Election in Quebec, Canada
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.
Results
Mayor
Council (incomplete)
Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.
Information on the candidates
Montreal Citizens' Movement
Michel L'Allier (Ahuntsic), Donato Caivano (Saint-Michel), and Lise Brunet (François-Perrault) were first-time candidates.
Montrealers' Party
Michel Bureau (Ahuntsic) was a first-time candidate.
Antoinette Corrado (Jean-Rivard) was a first-time candidate. She later sought election to the English Montreal School Board in 2007 as an ally of commission chair Dominic Spiridigliozzi.
Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal
Jean-Pierre Le Blanc (Ahuntsic) was a first-time candidate.
Michele A. Benigno (Saint-Michel) fought for the closure of the Miron landfill in the 1994 election.
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