Compierchio was the only Civic Party candidate elected; local anger over the government's failure to close the Miron Quarry urban landfill site was a factor in the result.
He finally quit the party to sit as an independent on March 23, 1994, describing the party's mayoral nominee Clement Bluteau as a "big zero" and comparing him to fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
[3] Compierchio later aligned himself with Claude Beauchamp's short-lived Action Montreal party.
This group was never officially recognized on council, and Compierchio technically remained an independent representative.
Compierchio sought to return to council in 1998 as a candidate of Jean Doré Team Montreal.