The 1978 Montreal municipal election took place on November 12, 1978, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected to another four-year term in office, defeating Canadian federal parliamentarian Serge Joyal.
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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
Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.
Dorval
Source: Rodolphe Morissette, "Quatre nouveaux maires sur l'île de Montréal," Le Devoir, 6 November 1978, pp. 1-3.
Information on elected candidates in suburban communities
Longueuil
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:
Source: Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Les origines du Parti municipal, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed 10 January 2014.