# Serge Bélanger

Serge Bélanger is a former politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the Montreal city council from 1975 to 1986 and served on the Montreal executive committee in the 1980s. Bélanger was a member of mayor Jean Drapeau's Civic Party of Montreal.
Bélanger was a building contractor in private life. He was first elected to city council in the 1974 municipal election for the Sainte-Marie division and was re-elected in 1978 and 1982. He served on the executive committee during the final years of Drapeau's administration.
Drapeau retired with the 1986 municipal election, in which the opposition Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM) won a landslide majority on city council under Jean Doré's leadership. Bélanger was defeated by MCM candidate Serge Lajeunesse in Sainte-Marie. During this campaign, Lajeunesse accused Bélanger of attempting to scare voters in low-income neighbourhoods and retirement homes by claiming that municipal subsidies would be cut off in the event of a MCM victory. Bélanger denied the charge.
Bélanger was elected to the Civic Party executive in May 1989 as a supporter of the party's Drapeau-era establishment against internal reformers. He tried to return to council in the 1990 municipal election and finished third in the François-Perrault division against MCM candidate Vittorio Capparelli.
Bélanger was an ally of Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Jean-Claude Malepart, who helped canvass for his municipal campaigns.

## Electoral record

vte1990 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, François-Perrault :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Montreal Citizens' Movement | Vittorio Capparelli (incumbent) | 1,757 | 43.66 |
| Municipal Party | Municipal Party | Frank Venneri (incumbent) | 1,142 | 28.38 |
| Civic Party of Montreal | Civic Party of Montreal | Serge Bélanger | 1,125 | 27.96 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,024 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. |||||
vte1986 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Sainte-Marie :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Montreal Citizens' Movement | Serge Lajeunesse | 3,420 | 60.45 |
| Civic Party of Montreal | Civic Party of Montreal | Serge Bélanger (incumbent) | 2,152 | 38.03 |
| ADMM | ADMM | Yvon Roy | 86 | 1.52 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,658 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. |||||
vte1982 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Sainte-Marie :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Civic Party of Montreal | Civic Party of Montreal | Serge Bélanger (incumbent) | 3,342 | 52.23 |
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Montreal Citizens' Movement | Roger Marchand | 2,751 | 42.99 |
| Municipal Action Group | Municipal Action Group | Gaétan Toussaint | 306 | 4.78 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,399 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. |||||
vte1978 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Sainte-Marie :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Civic Party of Montreal | Civic Party of Montreal | Serge Bélanger (incumbent) | 3,752 | 67.10 |
| Municipal Action Group | Municipal Action Group | Georges Massicotte | 1,107 | 19.80 |
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Montreal Citizens' Movement | Pauline Laflamme | 733 | 13.11 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,592 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party identifications are taken from Le Devoir, 11 November 1978. |||||
vte1974 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Papineau, Ward Two :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Civic Party of Montreal | Civic Party of Montreal | Serge Bélanger | 6,056 | 51.53 |
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Montreal Citizens' Movement | Michel Boisvert | 5,697 | 48.47 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,753 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. Party affiliations are taken from the Montreal Star, 11 November 1974, A11. |||||