1978 Montreal municipal election
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.
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.''Information on elected candidates in suburban communities
;Parti de l'alliance municipale- Robert Benoît 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, Quebec">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:
- 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.