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

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

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

1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Longue-Pointe Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Longue-Pointe Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Longue-Pointe Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Longue-Pointe Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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 results: Councillor, Longue-Pointe Party Candidate Total votes % of total 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

1. "Picture showed wrong Boudreau," Montreal Gazette, 19 September 1995, A2.
2. Debbie Parkes, "Civic Party whipped in east end," Montreal Gazette, 10 November 1986, F6.
3. 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.
4. "New councillors get set to work on local priorities," Montreal Gazette, 13 November 1986, X10.
5. "12 MCM councillors back sovereignty group," Montreal Gazette, 20 June 1991, A3.