# Fiorino Bianco

Fiorino Bianco is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 1990 to 1994, initially as a member of mayor Jean Doré's Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM) and later for other parties.
Bianco ran for city council in the suburban Montreal community of Saint-Leonard in the 1982 and 1986 general elections and in a 1985 by-election. He was defeated on all three occasions. In 1990, he was described as a real-estate broker and former union leader.
In the buildup to the 1990 Montreal municipal election, Bianco challenged incumbent councillor Gilles Berthiaume for the MCM party nomination in Rivière-des-Prairies. Berthiaume resigned from the MCM during the contest in a dispute over party memberships; Bianco subsequently won the nomination and narrowly defeated Berthiaume, who ran as an independent, in the general election. In 1991, Bianco supported the Quebec government's decision to lift a building freeze on Île Rochon within his division. He later supported the building of a detention centre in a different part of the community.
Bianco was expelled from the MCM in late August 1993, amid disputed circumstances. Mayor Doré's office stated that Bianco's private difficulties had put him in a vulnerable position; Bianco rejected this and said that he left the party in a dispute over policy. After serving for several months as an independent councillor, Bianco joined the formerly dominant Civic Party of Montreal in June 1994 and was the party's only council representative during the time of its final collapse. Along with several other Civic Party members, he joined the Montrealers' Party later in the year. Bianco ran under the latter party's banner in the 1994 municipal election and was defeated by a candidate of Pierre Bourque's Vision Montreal party.
Bianco planned to run as an independent candidate for borough mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles in the 2009 Montreal municipal election, but ultimately did not appear on the ballot. He later sought the Vision Montreal nomination for a 2010 by-election for the same position, but lost to Chantal Rouleau.

## Electoral record

vte1994 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies division :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Vision Montreal | Vision Montreal | Aimé Charron | 2,598 | 47.90 |
| Montrealers' Party | Montrealers' Party | (x)Fiorino Bianco | 1,423 | 26.24 |
| Independent | Independent | Georges Roman | 597 | 11.01 |
| Independent | Independent | Pierre Boucher | 443 | 8.17 |
| Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal | Democratic Coalition–Ecology Montreal | Rossa Vaccaro | 228 | 4.20 |
| Independent | Independent | Antonio Bocchicchio | 135 | 2.49 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,424 | 100 |
| Source: Official Results, City of Montreal |||||
vte1990 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Montreal Citizens' Movement | Montreal Citizens' Movement | Fiorino Bianco | 2,436 | 42.91 |
| Independent | Independent | Gilles Berthiaume (incumbent) | 2,222 | 39.14 |
| Civic Party of Montreal | Civic Party of Montreal | Nick Colombo | 477 | 8.40 |
| Municipal Party | Municipal Party | Pierre Coutu | 260 | 4.58 |
| Democratic Coalition | Democratic Coalition | Pierre Boucher | 147 | 2.59 |
| Independent | Independent | Christian Berthiaume | 135 | 2.38 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,677 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. |||||
vte1986 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Eleven :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ralliement de Saint-Léonard | Ralliement de Saint-Léonard | (x)Jean-Jacques Goyette | 803 | 35.16 |
| Unité de Saint-Léonard | Unité de Saint-Léonard | Marcelle Gaudreault | 761 | 33.32 |
| Équipe démocratique de Saint-Léonard | Équipe démocratique de Saint-Léonard | Fiorino Bianco | 456 | 19.96 |
| Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Saint-Léonard | Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Saint-Léonard | Giovanni Mogianesi | 264 | 11.56 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,284 | 100 |
| Source: "Results of council elections in 18 Montreal-area municipalities," Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1986, A8. |||||
vteSaint-Leonard municipal by-election, 21 April 1985: Councillor, Ward Eleven :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ralliement de Saint-Léonard | Ralliement de Saint-Léonard | Jean-Jacques Goyette | 390 | 27.31 |
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Marcel Gaudreault | 349 | 24.44 |
| Action civique de Saint-Léonard | Action civique de Saint-Léonard | Vittorio Galerio | 307 | 21.50 |
| Independent | Independent | Fiorino Bianco | 293 | 20.52 |
| Independent | Independent | Jeannette Masse | 89 | 6.23 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,428 | 100 |
| Source: "Ruling party's candidate wins St. Leonard seat," Montreal Gazette, 24 April 1985, p. 1. |||||
vte1982 Saint-Leonard municipal election: Councillor, Ward Six :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | Dominic Perri | 1,112 | 52.11 |
| Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Union municipale de Saint-Léonard | Eduardo di Bennardo (incumbent) | 631 | 29.57 |
| Parti de l'alliance municipale | Parti de l'alliance municipale | Fiorino Bianco | 391 | 18.32 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,134 | 100 |
| Source: Le Journal de Saint-Léonard, 9 November 1982, pp. 2-4. |||||