Nicole Boudreau (Montreal politician)
Nicole Boudreau is a former politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She served on the Montreal city council from 1986 to 1994, representing Longue-Pointe as a member of the governing Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM).
She is not to be confused with a different Nicole Boudreau who led the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal from 1986 to 1989.[1]
Early life[edit]
Boudreau worked as a medical secretary before her election to council.[2] She also helped to form a CLSC (centre local de services communautaires) in Mercier-Est and served on its board of directors.[3]
City councillor[edit]
Boudreau first ran for city council in the 1982 municipal election and lost to Civic Party incumbent Luc Larivée. She ran again in 1986 and this time defeated Larivée by a significant margin. Boudreau was forty-four years old at the time her election and, in a post-campaign interview, said that she would work for increased port facilities and green space along Montreal's land border with the St. Lawrence River.[4] The MCM won a landslide majority in this election, and Boudreau served as a backbench supporter of Jean Doré's administration.
Boudreau was re-elected in the 1990 municipal election, in which the MCM won a second consecutive majority. In 1991, she was one of twelve MCM councillors who announced their support for a group calling for a referendum on Quebec sovereignty.[5]
Boudreau was defeated by Vision Montreal candidate Claire St-Arnaud in the 1994 municipal election. She attempted to return to council in 1998, but was not successful.
Electoral record[edit]
| 1998 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Longue-Pointe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Vision Montreal | Claire St-Arnaud (incumbent) | 2,446 | 39.97 | |||||
| New Montreal | Martin Dumont | 2,177 | 35.58 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Nicole Boudreau | 975 | 15.93 | |||||
| Team Montreal | Jean-Jacques Viger | 521 | 8.51 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,119 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Longue-Pointe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Vision Montreal | Claire St-Arnaud | 2,482 | 47.93 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Nicole Boudreau (incumbent) | 1,967 | 37.99 | |||||
| Montrealers' Party | Ronald Gosselin | 507 | 9.79 | |||||
| Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal | Jacynthe Simard | 222 | 4.29 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,178 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Official Results, City of Montreal | ||||||||
| 1990 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Longue-Pointe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Nicole Boudreau (incumbent) |
2,738 | 65.80 | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Marius Minier | 816 | 19.61 | |||||
| Municipal Party | Michel Berthiaume | 456 | 10.96 | |||||
| Ecology Montreal | Shashi Roeder | 151 | 3.63 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,161 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 1986 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Longue-Pointe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Nicole Boudreau | 4,260 | 69.40 | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Luc Larivée (incumbent) |
1,878 | 30.60 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,138 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Longue-Pointe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Civic Party of Montreal | Luc Larivée (incumbent) |
3,463 | 51.27 | |||||
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Nicole Boudreau | 2,793 | 41.35 | |||||
| Municipal Action Group | Nola Poirier | 498 | 7.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,754 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Picture showed wrong Boudreau," Montreal Gazette, 19 September 1995, A2.
- ^ Debbie Parkes, "Civic Party whipped in east end," Montreal Gazette, 10 November 1986, F6.
- ^ Robert Winters, "Who is who in the new MCM administration; MCM backbenchers will demand more say in decision-making than Drapeau-era councillors," Montreal Gazette, 15 November 1986, A4.
- ^ "New councillors get set to work on local priorities," Montreal Gazette, 13 November 1986, X10.
- ^ "12 MCM councillors back sovereignty group," Montreal Gazette, 20 June 1991, A3.