1985 Quebec municipal elections

Several municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections to elect mayors and councillors on November 3, 1985.

Municipal elections were not held in Montreal, Quebec's largest city, in this electoral cycle. The previous municipal election in Montreal took place in 1982 and the next was scheduled for 1986.

Results (incomplete)

Verdun

Former Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament (MP) Raymond Savard was elected to his first term as mayor in the on-island Montreal suburb of Verdun, narrowly defeating Georges Bossé in a crowded field. Bossé's Municipal Action Party won six seats on council, as opposed to only four for Savard's Verdun Citizens' Movement. Former Liberal cabinet minister Bryce Mackasey was defeated in his bid for a council seat.

One of the leading issues in this election was the proposed annexation of Verdun into the city of Montreal. The Verdun Unity Party supported this position and was rejected at the polls; all of the party's candidates, including three incumbent councillors, were defeated. Incumbent councillor Robert Filiatraut was re-elected as a candidate of the Verdun Anti-Annexation Party. Nuns' Island (Division 1) was an outlier in this election, with a pro-annexation independent candidate winning an overwhelming victory.[1]

Party colours in the results listed below have been randomly chosen and do not indicate affiliation with or resemblance to any municipal, provincial, or federal party.

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates
				Parti d'action municipale (Municipal Action Party)		Parti de l'Unité de Verdun (Verdun Unity Party)		Regroupement des Citoyens de Verdun (Verdun Citizens' Movement)		Parti contre l'annexion de Verdun (Verdun Anti-Annexation Party)		Parti civique de Verdun (Verdun Civic Party)		Independents
	Mayor	24,522		Georges Bossé 7,987 (32.57%)		Robert Liboiron 4,886 (19.92%)		Raymond Savard 8,232 (33.57%)		Maurice Trudeau 2,372 (9.67%)		Robert Mailhot 337 (1.37%)		Eddy Vigneau 708 (2.89%)
District 1	City councillor	2,142						André Lecocq 16 (0.75%)		Richard Lamontagne 15 (0.70%)		Jean-Pierre Mailhot 10 (0.47%)		Arthur Benarroch 1,730 (80.77%) Danielle D. Hébert 189 (8.82%) André Claude Gagnier 182 (8.50%)
District 2	City councillor	1,992		Jacques Lauzon 753 (37.80%)		Jean-Paul Leblanc 414 (20.78%)		Claudette Gauthier 210 (10.54%)		Réjean Lacoste (incumbent) 615 (30.87%)
District 3	City councillor	1,956		Raymond Burnett 490 (25.05%)		Pierre Paquette 363 (18.56%)		Frank Renzo 401 (20.50%)		Robert Filiatraut (incumbent) 627 (32.06%)				Daniel Bertrand 75 (3.83%)
District 4	City councillor	2,054		Jocelyn Beauvais 745 (36.27%)		Nicole Brault-Greco 437 (21.28%)		Paul Beaupré 430 (20.93%)		Alain Tassé 411 (20.01%)		Gilbert Léger 31 (1.51%)
District 5	City councillor	1,879		Louis Leblanc 695 (36.99%)		Jean-Paul Paquette (incumbent) 305 (16.23%)		Richard St-Amour 331 (17.62%)		Marcel Bourassa 409 (21.77%)		Mary MacNaughton 33 (1.76%)		Marc Vaillancourt 106 (5.64%)
District 6	City councillor	1,985		Laurent Dugas 734 (36.98%)		Yvon Bernier (incumbent) 402 (20.25%)		Jules Provost 433 (21.81%)		Réal Lapierre 372 (18.74%)		Carmen Goedike 44 (2.22%)
District 7	City councillor	2,211		Claude Ravary 850 (38.44%)		Jean-Paul Belisle (incumbent) 573 (25.92%)		Johanne Côté 637 (28.81%)		Réjean Dugas 125 (5.65%)		Lucien Richard 26 (1.18%)
District 8	City councillor	1,603		Jeannine Trainor 494 (30.82%)		Jean-Paul Richard 287 (17.91%)		Elliot Goldsborough 564 (35.18%)		Charles Sylvestre 146 (9.11%)		Jean Letourneau 112 (6.99%)
District 9	City councillor	2,028		Marcel H. Girard 519 (25.59%)		Pauline Charpentier 302 (14.89%)		Jocelyn Théroux-Méager 943 (46.50%)		Geneviève Dugas 177 (8.73%)		Eric Hill 87 (4.29%)
District 10	City councillor	2,210		Robert Noël DeTilly 675 (30.54%)		Marcel Brisebois 295 (13.35%)		Maurice Couturier 724 (32.76%)		Bryce Mackasey 462 (20.90%)				Bernard Deschamps 54 (2.44%)
District 11	City councillor	2,511		Suzanne Dunne 1.093 (43.53%)		Ralph Damato 228 (9.08%)		Robert Blanchette 1,010 (40.22%)		Odette Gloutnay 162 (6.45%)		Manon Mosseau 18 (0.72%)
District 12	City councillor	1,876		Jacqueline Quinn 518 (27.61%)		Gerald Patrick O'Reilly 380 (20.26%)		John Gallagher 786 (41.90%)		Richard Archambault 129 (6.88%)				Arthur Wilsher 63 (3.36%)

Source: "Final results for Verdun, Hudson, Montreal East," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1985, A6.

References

1. Daniel Kucharsky, "Verdun voters reject annexation backers," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1985, A1. See also Ingrid Peritz & Daniel Kurcharsky, "Montreal wants talks on Nun's Island," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1985, A5.