The 1978 Montreal municipal election took place on November 12, 1978, to elect a mayor and city councillors in
Montreal
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Quebec
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. Longtime mayor
Jean Drapeau was re-elected to another four-year term in office, defeating Canadian federal
parliamentarian Serge Joyal
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Election results, 1833-2005
(in French), City of Montreal, accessed May 16, 2011.
Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities in November 1978. Most suburban elections took place on November 5; the election in Saint-Léonard was held on November 12.
Results
;Mayor
;Council
Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.
Results in suburban communities
Dorval
''Source: Rodolphe Morissette, "Quatre nouveaux maires sur l'île de Montréal," ''Le Devoir'', November 6, 1978, pp. 1-3.''
Montréal-Nord
''Source: "Les élections municipales," Le Devoir, 6 November 1978, A3.''
Saint-Léonard
Information on elected candidates in suburban communities
;Parti de l'alliance municipale
*Robert Benoît (Ward Three) was elected in a close contest over five opponents. He did not seek re-election in 1982.
Elections in other Montreal-area communities
Longueuil
Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly ac ...
The 1978 municipal election in Longueuil did not produce a clear winner. Marcel Robidas of the ''Parti civique de Longueuil'' was re-elected as mayor, but nine of the seventeen council seats were won by the opposition ''Parti municipal de Longueuil''.
Winning candidates appear in boldface.
Post-election changes:
*Paul-Auguste Briand was subsequently expelled from the ''Parti municipal'' for breaking with the party on a vote pertaining to the Place Longueuil. This deprived by ''Parti municipal'' of its working majority on council.
''Source
Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Les origines du Parti municipal
, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 10, 2014.''
References
1978 Quebec municipal elections
Municipal elections in Montreal
1970s in Montreal
1978 in Quebec
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