2001 Potton municipal election explained

The 2001 Potton municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and councillors in Potton, Quebec.

Results

• André Marcoux was the mayor of Potton from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 2001. He lost to his cousin Jacques Marcoux in the 1989 municipal election, but regained the mayoralty four years later.^[1] In 2000, he promoted a plan for a new community centre that he said could be accomplished with assistance from the federal and provincial governments and without a tax increase.^[2] The federal and provincial governments declined to fund the centre in 2002, following Marcoux's defeat.^[3] He is not to be confused with another André Marcoux who has served as mayor of Donnacona.

2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat One

Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Lorna Aiken-Lamothe	526	59.10
Ross Taylor	281	31.57
Damien Pouliot	83	9.33
Total valid votes	890	100.00

2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Two

Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Barbara Koch	457	51.46
(incumbent)Ernest Tomuschat	248	27.93
John Lutzman	183	20.61
Total valid votes	888	100.00

2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Four

Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Edward Mierzwinski	561	63.61
Debra Harding	321	36.39
Total valid votes	882	100.00

2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Five

Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Marcel Turner	634	71.40
(incumbent)Pierre Pouliot	254	28.60
Total valid votes	888	100.00

Source: "Election 2001 Sherbrooke & Townships," Sherbrooke Record, 6 November 2001, p. 5.

References

1. http://www.lerefletdulac.com/Societe/Nos-gens/2008-12-11/article-740154/Jacques-Marcoux-sollicitera-la-mairie-du-Canton-de-Potton/1 Dany Jacques, "Jacques Marcoux sollicitera la mairie du Canton de Potton"
2. Murielle Parkes, "Residents rally around plans for community centre," Sherbrooke Record, 23 June 2000, p. 7.
3. Kate Shingler, "No gov't money for Mansonville youth centre," Sherbrooke Record, 13 August 2002, p. 4.