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The PMM announced plans to merge with the Civic Party in June 1992, and André indicated that he would join the Civic Party group on council. The party merger was delayed, however, and André technically remained a PMM councillor until leaving to sit as an independent in
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The PMM was destroyed by internal divisions after the 1990 election. Several members of the party's strategy committee resigned in May 1991, criticizing André's leadership. Later in the year, Auf der Maur left the PMM to rejoin the Civic Party, and
Gagnier left to sit as an independent. André
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in the Sault-au-Recollet ward and finished only twenty-five votes behind the winning candidate, the attorney Serge
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was chosen as the party's leader and its official colours were designated as turquoise and grey. Two months later, the party was officially registered at city hall.
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Irwin Block, "Why is this man smiling?; Looks like Jean Dore's MCM will hold on to power while opposition parties fight it out,"
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also joined in the same month, saying the governing party had "lost the common touch." Another former MCM councillor,
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origins, was the dominant municipal political force in
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party through these defections, and Auf der Maur served as the party's leader on council.
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