Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun explained

Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun (EAC) (English: Team Andrée Champoux for Verdun) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party contested seats on the Verdun borough council in the 2013 Montreal municipal election.

Party leader

As its name implies, EAC was led by Andrée Champoux, who was also its candidate for borough mayor in 2013. Champoux had previously been elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2009 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of Union Montreal. She left the party on December 4, 2012, after its leader, Gérald Tremblay, resigned from office amid scandal.[1]

When Verdun borough mayor Claude Trudel also resigned from office in the same period, Champoux put forward her name to become his interim successor. She was defeated by city councillor Ginette Marotte in a four-to-two vote among the remaining borough council members.[2]

2013 election

After serving for several months as an independent, Champoux formed EAC in 2013. The party's campaign slogan in that year's municipal election was «citoyens d'abord» (English: "citizens first").[3] During the campaign, Champoux outlined her party's approaches to subjects such as public transit on Nuns' Island and poverty reduction.[4]

She was defeated in the mayoral contest, and none of the EAC's candidates for city council and borough council were elected.

The party was dissolved and ceased to be recognized by the Directeur général des élections du Québec on July 17, 2014.[5]

Election results

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- 47,677Borough mayor44.74%  Jean-François Parenteau
5,147 (24.81%)
Alain Tassé
2,902 (13.99%)
Mary Ann Davis
4,594 (22.14%)
André Savard
2,669 (12.86%)
Mourad Bendjennet
3,645 (17.57%)
Andrée Champoux (EAC)
1,549
(7.47%)

Jency Mercier (IM)
139 (0.67%)

Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.)
102 (0.49%)
 Ginette MarotteEDC gain from Ind.
Champlain
–L'Île-des-Sœurs
25,660City councillor45.60%Manon Gauthier
2,972 (26.25%)
André Julien
1,612 (14.24%)
Jack L. Kugelmass
2,195 (19.39%)
Marc Touchette
833 (7.36%)
Mathieu Bélanger
2,643 (23.34%)
Jacques Gendron (EAC)
1,067 (9.42%)
VacantEDC gain
Borough councillor I45.64%Pierre L'Heureux
3,051 (26.9%)
Paul Beaupré
1,782 (15.71%)
Dolores Durbau
2,149 (18.95%)
Charles Côté
984 (8.68%)
Jacline Leroux
2,514 (22.17%)
Carole Anctil (EAC)
752 (6.63%)
Abdulilah Kassem (Ind.)
109 (0.96%)
 Paul BeaupréEDC gain from CM
Borough councillor II45.68%Marie-Eve Brunet
3,051 (26.88%)
Jean-Pierre Boivin
1,886 (16.62%)
Stefana Lamasanu
2,313 (20.36%)
Luce Latendresse
800 (7.05%)
Stéphanie Raymond-Bougie
2,617 (23.06%)
Béatrice Guay Pepper (EAC)
684 (6.03%)
 Andrée ChampouxEDC gain from EAC
Desmarchais-Crawford22,017City councillor43.68%Sébastien Dhavernas
2,095 (22.53%)
Françoise Gloutnay
1,082 (11.64%)
Sterling Downey
2,306 (24.80%)
Richard Langlais
1,523 (16.38%)
Marie-Josée Parent
1,917 (20.62%)
France Caya (EAC)
376 (4.04%)
 Alain TasséPM gain from CM
Borough councillor I43.67%Michelle Tremblay
2,141 (23.05%)
Monique Trudel
1,228 (13.22%)
Luc Gagnon
2,329 (25.07%)
Joanne Poulin
1,431 (15.41%)
Gladys Negret
1,773 (19.09%)
Michèle L'Allier-Davies (EAC)
387 (4.17%)
 Ann GuyPM gain from Ind.
Borough councillor II43.67%Philippe Sarrasin
2,018 (21.71%)
Rielle Lévesque
1,060 (11.40%)
Marie-Andrée Mauger
2,422 (26.05%)
Robert Auger
1,510 (16.24%)
André-Yanne Parent
1,878 (20.20%)
Mamad Raheemeea (EAC)
409 (4.40%)
 André SavardPM gain from OVM

References

  1. http://thesuburban.com/news/articles/?id=article01253 Tracey Ariel, "Ginette Marotte new mayor of Verdun"
  2. http://www.messagerverdun.com/Actualites/Politique/2012-12-12/article-3138740/Ginette-Marotte,-elue-maire-de-Verdun/1 Pierre Lussier, "Ginette Marotte, élue maire de Verdun"
  3. http://journalmetro.com/dossiers/les-elections-municipales-2013/367771/un-nouveau-parti-pour-verdun/ Un nouveau parti pour Verdun
  4. http://www.messagerverdun.com/Elections-municipales/2013-10-30/article-3455251/Question-a-Andree-Champoux-%26ndash%3B-Equipe-Andree-Champoux-pour-Verdun,-candidate-a-la-mairie-darrondissement-de-Verdun./1 "Question à Andrée Champoux – Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun, candidate à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun"
  5. Web site: Portrait sur le financement de partis politiques municipaux: Exercice financier clos le 31 décembre 2014. Directeur général des élections du Québec. 13 November 2017.