2013 Longueuil municipal election explained

Election Name:	2013 Longueuil municipal election
Flag Image:	Drapeau ville ca Longueuil (Québec).svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	2009 Longueuil municipal election
Previous Year:	2009
Next Election:	2017 Longueuil municipal election
Next Year:	2017
Seats For Election:	15 seats in Longueuil City Council
Election Date:	November 3, 2013
Turnout:	34.0%
Leader1:	Caroline St-Hilaire
Leader Since1:	2009
Party1:	Action Longueuil
Last Election1:	11/26
Seats1:	13/15
Popular Vote1:	50,088
Percentage1:	87.3%
Leader2:	Pardo Chiocchio
Leader Since2:	-
Party2:	Independent
Last Election2:	-
Seats2:	-
Seat Change2:	-
Popular Vote2:	7,285
Percentage2:	12.7%
Mayor
Before Election:	Caroline St-Hilaire
Before Party:	Action Longueuil
After Election:	Caroline St-Hilaire
After Party:	Action Longueuil

The 2013 Longueuil municipal election took place on November 3, 2013, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. This is in conjunction with 2013 Quebec municipal elections that was held across the province on the same date.

Longueuil City Council voted to reduce the number of councillors from 26 to 15 in time for the 2013 municipal election.^[1]

Results

Mayor

Party		Mayoral candidate	Vote^[2]	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Caroline St-Hilaire (X)	50,088	87.3
		Independent	Pardo Chiocchio	7,285	12.7
Total valid votes			57,373	100.0
Rejected ballots			2,153	3.6
Turnout			59,526	34.0
Registered electors			175,287

Councillors

Greenfield Park

+ City Councillor, Greenfield Park	Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#2F873E width="30px"		Option Greenfield Park	Robert Myles	2,464	51.4
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Michael O'Grady	2,330	48.6

+ Borough Councillor 1, Greenfield Park
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Sylvain Joly	2,069	43.1
bgcolor=#2F873E width="30px"		Option Greenfield Park	Daniel Lamoureux	1,996	41.6
		Independent	Jason Matuzewiski	738	15.4

+ Borough Councillor 2, Greenfield Park
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#2F873E width="30px"		Option Greenfield Park	Wade Wilson	2,403	50.5
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Susan Rasmussen	2,354	49.5

Saint-Hubert

+ City Councillor, Iberville
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Éric Beaulieu	2,542	61.7
		Independent	Lise Dutil	765	18.6
		Independent	Brian Peddar	390	9.5
		Independent	Dominic Robitaille	377	9.2
		Independent	Marc Joseph	45	1.1

+ City Councillor, Laflèche
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
		Independent	Jacques Lemire	2,690	54.7
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Roger Roy	2,232	45.3

+ City Councillor, Maraîchers
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Lorraine Guay-Boivin	2,833	74.6
		Independent	Sébastien Vaillancourt	963	25.4

+ City Councillor, Parc-de-la-Cité
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Jacques E. Poitras	3,237	81.8
		Independent	Maurice Carpentier	719	18.2

+ City Councillor, Vieux-Saint-Hubert-la Savane
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Nathalie Boisclair	3,197	88.6
		Independent	Laurent Couldiaty	410	11.4

Le Vieux-Longueuil

+ City Councillor, Antoinette-Robidoux
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Michel Lanctôt	2,366	83.5
		Independent	Habib Ranni	469	16.5

+ City Councillor, Boisé-Du Tremblay
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Benôit L'Écuyer	3,537	84.1
		Independent	Mario Tremblay	351	8.3
		Independent	Pierre Cantin	318	7.6

+ City Councillor, Coteau-Rouge
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Monique Bastien	2,439	49.7
		Independent	Robert Gladu	1,964	40.0
		Independent	Charles A. Ahoto	404	8.2
		Independent	Ali Meghoufel	98	2.0

+ City Councillor, Explorateurs
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Stéphane Richer	Acclaimed

+ City Councillor, Fatima-Parcours-du-Cerf
	Candidate	Party	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Sylvie Parent	Acclaimed

+ City Councillor, Georges-Dor
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Xavier Léger	2,469	65.6
		Independent	Marc Archambault	713	18.9
		Independent	Benjamin Bourgoin	584	15.5

+ City Councillor, LeMoyne-Jacques-Cartier
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Colette Éthier	1,633	48.3
		Independent	Claude Jr. Gladu	972	28.7
		Réal Chevalier	Independent	776	23.0

+ City Councillor, Parc-Michel-Chartrand
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	France Dubé	Acclaimed

+ City Councillor, Saint-Charles
Party		Candidate	Vote	%
bgcolor=#AFBD22 width="30px"		Action Longueuil	Albert Beaudry	2,964	80.6
		Independent	Paul Saindon	712	19.4

Notes and References

1. News: Longueuil’s downsizing plan needs a second look. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019165203/http://www2.canada.com/health/longueuil+downsizing+plan+needs+second+look/5708808/story.html?id=5708808. dead. 19 October 2013. 18 October 2013. The Gazette (Montreal). 14 November 2011.
2. Web site: Rapport sommaire 2013. Élections Longueuil. 7 November 2013.