Micheline Daigle

Micheline Daigle is a former politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She served on the Montreal city council from 1986 to 1994 as a member of the Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM).

Daigle was administrator of the Rene Goupil community education centre and led a citizens' lobby group called Regroupe-Action in Montreal's Saint-Michel neighbourhood in the mid-1980s.^[1] She was first elected to council in the 1986 municipal election, centering her campaign around local opposition to the Miron Quarry urban landfill site.^[2] The MCM won a landslide majority in this election, and Daigle served as a backbench supporter of Jean Doré's administration. In 1988, she has named as vice-chair of Montreal's community development committee.^[3]

She was re-elected in the 1990 election and served a second four-year term. She was defeated in 1994, amidst a swing away from her party.

Electoral record

1994 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Rivard Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Daniel Boucher 1,954 46.85 Montreal Citizens' Movement Micheline Daigle (incumbent) 1,338 32.08 Montrealers' Party Antoinette Corrado 672 16.11 Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal Pietro Bozzo 207 4.96 Total valid votes 4,171 100 Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

1990 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Rivard Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Citizens' Movement Micheline Daigle (incumbent) 1,557 49.18 Civic Party of Montreal Raymond Rail 950 30.01 Municipal Party Antoinetta A. Acierno 575 18.16 Ecology Montreal Elizabeth Tasnady 84 2.65 Total valid votes 3,166 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

1986 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Rivard Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Citizens' Movement Micheline Daigle 2,476 67.78 Civic Party of Montreal Raymonde Filion 1,177 32.22 Total valid votes 3,653 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

References

1. Susan Semenak, "City council gets petition over area's lack of park," Montreal Gazette, 31 October 1985, H11; 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.
2. Debbie Parkes, "East-end areas may be linked but have distinct issues," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1986, A7.
3. Lewis Harris, "City council OKs facelift for Place des Arts, museum," Montreal Gazette, 15 December 1988, A3.