 Moschella was the only Saint-Leonard city councillor to serve with the "Action civique" party following the 1984 by-election.He later called for a merger of the city's three opposition parties, and in late 1986 he dissolved "Action civique" to become a founding member of a new group called "Unité de Saint-Léonard".He ran for re-election under this party's banner for the city's twelfth ward in the 1986 municipal election and narrowly lost to Robert Zambito, a candidate of Renaud's slate.