Decline
In the 1980s the party steadily lost support to the Montreal Citizens' Movement (RCM). It was voted out of office after Mayor Jean Drapeau retired from politics. Only one of its candidates, Germain Prégent, was elected in 1986. Prégent sat as an Independent by 1988. The party survived for a few years. It even managed to win a by-election in 1989 and another one in 1992. It regained the status of Official Opposition by merging with the Parti Municipal (Municipal Party) in July 1992. However, it changed its name in 1994 when it became the Parti Montréalais (Montrealers’ Party), led by Jérôme Choquette. Choquette ran for Mayor in 1994 and finished third with 13% of the vote. Only two of his candidates were elected to City Hall.
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