1995 City Council Election – Primary & General

August 10, 2011 by DickH Posted in City Council Leave a Comment

The 1995 election shows how much the order of finish of the candidates can change from the primary to the general election. The previous election – 1993 – had seen six new councilors elected and that 1993 council voted for the ballpark, the hockey arena, and many other projects that helped transform the city. That progress brought an inevitable reaction, however, and in the 1995 primary election a group of new candidates waged a vigorous campaign advocating an abandonment of many of these projects. Their message was heard by the primary voters and they did well. That may have served as a wake-up call for the rest of the community, for in the general election, the order of finish from the primary changed drastically as you can see from the below. In the following lists, the names of incumbents are in italics and the order of finish in the companion election is in brackets.

1995 Primary – October 10, 1995

  1. Steve Gendron – 4757 – [1]
  2. Rita Mercier – 4263 – [6]
  3. Bud Caulfield – 4158 – [2]
  4. Casey Crane – 3872 – [11]
  5. Bernie Lemoine – 3816 – [10]
  6. Richard Howe – 3787 – [5]
  7. Larry Martin – 3589 – [7]
  8. Eileen Donoghue – 3546 – [4]
  9. Rodney Elliott – 3501 – [12]
  10. Matthew Donahue – 3493 – [3]
  11. Grady Mulligan – 2817 – [9]
  12. Peter Richards – 2718 – [9]
  13. James Boenis – 2676 – [14]
  14. Charles Caragianes – 2521 – [13]
  15. Leo “Buckles” Nolan – 2446 – [16]
  16. DJ Corcoran – 2155 – [15]
  17. David Laferriere – 1790 – [18]
  18. Brian Genest – 1734 – [17]
  19. Timothy Evans – 1466
  20. Patrick O’Connor – 1353
  21. John Zagarella – 1037
  22. Mark Goldman – 1021
  23. Bobby Bishop – 706

1995 General Election

  1. Steve Gendron – 8156 – [1]
  2. Bud Caulfield – 8107 – [3]
  3. Matthew Donahue – 7279 – [10]
  4. Eileen Donoghue – 7221 – [8]
  5. Richard Howe – 6834 – [6]
  6. Rita Mercier – 6749 – [2]
  7. Larry Martin – 6617 – [7]
  8. Grady Mulligan – 6559 – [11]
  9. Peter Richards – 6148 – [12]
  10. Bernie Lemoine – 5734 – [5]
  11. Casey Crane – 5550 – [4]
  12. Rodney Elliott – 5392 – [9]
  13. Charles Caragianes – 4894 – [14]
  14. James Boenis – 5385 – [13]
  15. DJ Corcoran – 3754 – [16]
  16. Leo Nolan – 3467 – [15]
  17. Brian Genest – 3022 – [19]
  18. David Laferriere – 2885 – [17]