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effectively dissolved the party five days later, announcing that it would discontinue operations and that its members would sit as independents. He was quoted as saying, "We don't see the purpose of continuing the MAG. Rather than drag it out (until next year's election), we're putting it out of its misery now."
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after the election. By the end of the campaign, however, relations between the parties had broken down into animosity. On election day, the split in the progressive vote resulted in a landslide victory for the Civic Party; Joyal finished a distant second in the mayoral contest, while Auf der Maur was
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The MAG suffered a decline in party contributions after the 1982 election, and in 1984 the party was $ 373,777 in debt. On
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Joyal initially pledged to remain with the MAG but ultimately returned to federal politics. The MAG and MCM remained rivals on council, and in
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supporters, and a variety of social activists. The party later became divided between its radical and centrist members, with some of the centrists forming the nucleus of the MAG. Both parties were regarded as being to the left of
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placed third with just over 15 per cent of the vote. The MCM won sixteen seats on council, re-establishing themselves as the official opposition. Three MAG candidates were elected: Auf der Maur,
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