2009 Montreal municipal election explained

Election Name:2009 Montreal municipal election
Country:Montreal
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:no
Party Name:no
Previous Election:2005 Montreal municipal election
Previous Year:2005
Next Election:2013 Montreal municipal election
Next Year:2013
Seats For Election:65 seats in Montreal City Council
Election Date:November 2, 2009
Turnout:39.44%
Leader1:Gérald Tremblay
Leader Since1:2001
Leaders Seat1:Mayor
Last Election1:47 seats, 53.74%
Seats Before1:52
Seats1:38
Seat Change1: 14
Popular Vote1:159,020
Percentage1:37.90%
Swing1:-15.84%
Leader2:Louise Harel
Leader Since2:2009
Leaders Seat2:Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe
Last Election2:14 seats, 36.33%
Seats Before2:9
Seats2:16
Seat Change2: 7
Popular Vote2:137,301
Percentage2:32.73%
Swing2:-3.60%
Leader3:Richard Bergeron
Leader Since3:2004
Leaders Seat3:Jeanne-Mance
Last Election3:1 seat, 8.53%
Seats Before3:1
Seats3:10
Seat Change3: 9
Popular Vote3:106,768
Percentage3:25.45%
Swing3:+16.92%
Mayor
Before Election:Gérald Tremblay
After Election:Gérald Tremblay

The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held a municipal election at the same time as numerous other municipalities in Quebec, on November 1, 2009. Voters elected the Mayor of Montreal, Montreal City Council, and the mayors and councils of each of the city's boroughs.

The election became plagued with allegations of corruption and mafia involvement in city contracts.[1]

Results

Despite being assailed with accusations of corruption, incumbent Mayor Gérald Tremblay led his Union Montréal party to a third victory, although with reduced standings in city council. Union's seat totals remained firm especially in the boroughs merged into the city in 2002; it retained complete control of eight boroughs and near-complete control of three more.

Vision Montréal, led by former Quebec minister of municipal affairs Louise Harel, ran a campaign targeting the mayor on ethics. However, its campaign was blindsided by a scandal involving its second-in-command and former leader Benoit Labonté, who dropped out of the race. Vision increased its council standing but was unable to defeat the mayor. It won complete control of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and majorities in three other borough councils.

Third party Projet Montréal increased sharply in popularity. An Angus Reid poll [2] shortly prior to the election put its leader Richard Bergeron neck-and-neck (32%) with the two other main candidates (34% for Harel, 30% for Tremblay). He would finally come in third, but the party increased from just one seat at the previous election to ten council seats, two borough mayors, four borough councillors, and complete control of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. Besides its main issue of public transit and urban planning, the party emphasized ethics, running its campaign on just $200,000.

Mayor of Montreal

 CandidatePartyVote%
Gérald Tremblay (incumbent) 159,020 37.90%
137,301 32.73%
106,768 25.45%
8,490 2.02%
5,297 1.26%
Michel Prairie 2,648 0.63%
Result: UM hold

Composition of city and borough councils

Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:

BoroughDistrictBorough Councillors
City Councillors Borough Councillor Borough Councillor
 Borough Mayor City Councillor<--

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

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Ahuntsic-CartiervilleAhuntsic Pierre Gagnier Émilie Thuillier 
Bordeaux-Cartierville Harout Chitilian 
Saint-Sulpice Jocelyn Ann Campbell 
Sault-au-Récollet Étienne Brunet <--

Anjou

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AnjouCentre Luis Miranda Andrée Hénault Michelle Zammit 
East Paul-Yvon Perron 
West Gilles Beaudry <--

CdN-NDG

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Côte-des-Neiges–
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Côte-des-Neiges Michael Appelbaum Helen Fotopulos 
Darlington Lionel Perez 
Loyola Susan Clarke 
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Peter McQueen 
Snowdon Marvin Rotrand <--

L'Ile-Bizard-Ste-Genevieve

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L'Île-Bizard–
Sainte-Geneviève
Denis-Benjamin-Viger Richard Bélanger  Christopher Little 
Jacques-Bizard  François Robert 
Pierre-Foretier  Diane Gibb 
Sainte-Geneviève  Jacques Cardinal <--

Lachine

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LachineDu Canal Claude Dauphin Jane Cowell-Poitras Lise Poulin 
Fort-Rolland Jean-François Cloutier 
J.-Émery-Provost Bernard Blanchet <--

LaSalle

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LaSalleCecil-P.-Newman Manon Barbe Alvaro Farinacci Vincenzo Cesari Josée Troilo
Sault-Saint-Louis Richard Deschamps Ross Blackhurst Laura-Ann Palestini
Mercier–
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Hochelaga Réal Ménard Laurent Blanchard 
Louis-Riel Lyn Thériault 
Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe Louise Harel 
Tétreaultville Gaëtan Primeau <--

Montréal-Nord

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Montréal-NordMarie-Clarac Gilles Deguire Clementina Teti-Tomassi Chantal Rossi 
Ovide-Clermont Jean-Marc Gibeau Monica Ricourt <--

Outremont

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OutremontClaude-Ryan Marie Cinq-Mars  Louis Moffatt 
Jeanne-Sauvé  Ana Nunes 
Joseph-Beaubien  Céline Forget 
Robert-Bourassa  Marie Potvin <--

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

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Pierrefonds-RoxboroEast Monique Worth Christian Dubois Dimitrios Jim Beis 
West Bertrand Ward Catherine Clément-Talbot <--

Plateau-Mt-Royal

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Le Plateau-Mont-RoyalDeLorimier Luc Ferrandez Josée Duplessis Carl Boileau 
Jeanne-Mance Richard Bergeron Piper Huggins 
Mile-End  Alex Norris Richard Ryan <--

RdP-PAT

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Rivière-des-Prairies–
Pointe-aux-Trembles
La Pointe-aux-Prairies Joe Magri Caroline Bourgeois Mario Blanchet 
Pointe-aux-Trembles Suzanne Décarie Gilles Déziel 
Rivière-des-Prairies  Maria Calderone Giovanni Rapanà <--

Rosemont-LPP

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Rosemont–
La Petite-Patrie
Étienne-Desmarteau François Croteau Marc-André Gadoury 
Marie-Victorin Élaine Ayotte 
Saint-Édouard François Limoges 
Vieux-Rosemont Pierre Lampron <--

St-Laurent

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Saint-LaurentCôte-de-Liesse Alan DeSousa Laval Demers Maurice Cohen 
Norman-McLaren Aref Salem Michèle Biron <--

St-Leonard

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Saint-LéonardSaint-Léonard-Est Michel Bissonnet Robert Zambito Lili-Anne Tremblay 
Saint-Léonard-Ouest Dominic Perri Mario Battista <--

Le Sud-Ouest

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Le Sud-OuestSaint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–
Pointe-Saint-Charles
 Benoit Dorais Véronique Fournier Sophie Thiébaut 
Saint-Paul–Émard Daniel Bélanger Huguette Roy <--

Verdun

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VerdunChamplain–L'Île-des-Sœurs Claude Trudel Ginette Marotte Paul Beaupré Andrée Champoux
Desmarchais-Crawford Alain Tassé Ann Guy André Savard
Ville-MariePeter-McGill(Mayor of
Montreal)
 Sammy Forcillo 
Saint-Jacques François Robillard 
Sainte-Marie Pierre Mainville <--

V-SM-PE

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Villeray–Saint-Michel–
Parc-Extension
François-Perrault Anie Samson Frank Venneri 
Parc-Extension Mary Deros 
Saint-Michel Frantz Benjamin 
Villeray Elsie Lefebvre 

Seat-by-seat results

Nomination was open until October 2 at 4:30 p.m.

Candidate statistics

Party names are the official ones registered with Élection Montréal.

 PartyAbbrev.Number of candidates forTotalLink
Borough mayorCity councillorBorough councillor
Total positions open184638102
 Action civique MontréalACM1225http://actionciviquemontreal.com/wordpress/
 Ethnic Party of Montréal
Parti ethnique de Montréal
EPM0202https://web.archive.org/web/20091012093223/http://ethnicparty.blog.ca/
 Équipe Louise O'Sullivan - Parti Montréal - Ville-MariePMVM421833https://web.archive.org/web/20091026043018/http://partimontrealvillemarie.ca/
 Parti d'OutremontPO0033http://www.facebook.ca/people/Le-Parti-dOutremont/
 Équipe Bédard - Fierté Montréal
Team Bédard - Montreal Pride Party
MPP0101
 Projet MontréalPM184638102http://www.projetmontreal.org/
 Renouveau municipal de MontréalRMM1225
 Équipe Tremblay - Union MontréalUM184638102http://www.unionmontreal.com/
 Parti Ville LaSallePVL1247http://www.macdev.ca/ville-lasalle/
 Équipe Harel - Vision MontréalVM184538101http://www.visionmtl.com/
 IndependentsInd617831
Total candidates67184141392

Results by party

 PartyAbbrev.Borough mayorCity councillorBorough councillorTotal seats
BeforeHeldGainedLostAfterNetBeforeHeldGainedLostAfterNetBeforeHeldGainedLostAfterNetBeforeHeldGainedLostAfterNet
 Projet MontréalPM00202+211708+7213(1)*4+23213(1)*14+12
 Union MontréalUM16120412-43623312(+1)*26-1033272629-48562522(+1)*67-18
 Vision MontréalVM322(1)*4+1 6210412+631223±0125146(+1)*19+7
 IndependentsInd.0000 0±020020-22021(+1)*2±04023(+1)*2-2
  • = seats lost in redistricting of Ville-Marie (see below).

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

|-| - | 84,532| Borough mayor| 38,114
45.09%| |   | Pierre Gagnier
12,760 (35.09%)| | François Purcell
11,943 (32.84%)| | Zaki Ghavitian
11,659 (32.06%)||| |   | Marie-Andrée Beaudoin| PM gain from UM|-| Ahuntsic| 21,037| City councillor| 10,532
50.06%| |   | Émilie Thuillier
3,484 (34.17%)| | Diane Lemieux
3,364 (33.00%)| | Frédéric Lapointe
3,347 (32.83%)| || |   | Hasmig Belleli| PM gain from VM|-| Bordeaux-Cartierville| 21,345| City councillor| 8,439
39.54%| | Pericles Creticos
2,040 (25.31%)| |   | Harout Chitilian
3,040 (37.71%)| | Hasmig Belleli
2,578 (31.98%)| | John Gentile (PMVM)
403 (5.00%)[3] | |   | Noushig Eloyan| UM gain from VM|-| Saint-Sulpice| 21,605| City councillor| 9,074
42.00%| | Martin Bazinet
2,546 (29.25%)[4] | |   | Jocelyn Ann Campbell
3,099 (35.60%)| | Jean-Jacques Lapointe
3,060 (35.15%)[5] ||| |   | Jocelyn Ann Campbell| UM hold|-| Sault-au-Récollet| 20,545| City councillor| 10,055
48.94%| | Jean-François Desgroseilliers
3,030 (31.35%)| | Léonardo Fiore
2,384 (24.66%)| |   | Étienne Brunet
3,128 (32.36%)| | Giovanna Giancaspro (Ind.)
743 (7.69%)
Achille Polcaro (PMVM)
381 (3.94%)| |   | Jean-François St-Onge| VM gain from UM|}

Anjou

|-| rowspan=2 | - | rowspan=2 | 29,753| Borough mayor| 13,867
46.61%| | Philippe Duval
2,020 (15.10%)| |   | Luis Miranda
7,403 (55.32%)|| Lynda Côté
3,958 (29.58%)||| |   | Luis Miranda| UM hold |-| City councillor| 13,902
46.72%| | Yves Laporte
2,284 (17.19%)| |   | Andrée Hénault
6,781 (51.03%)| | Danielle Boulet
4,223 (31.78%)||| |   | Andrée Hénault| UM hold |-| Centre| 11,083| Borough councillor| 5,329
48.08%| | Slimane Bah
857 (16.88%)| |   | Michelle Zammit
2,722 (53.60%)| | Badiona Bazin
1,499 (29.52%)||| |   | Michelle Zammit| UM hold |-| East| 8,896| Borough councillor| 4,062
45.66%| | Julien Viel
656 (16.90%)| |   | Paul-Yvon Perron
1,746 (44.99%)| | Rémy Tondreau
1,479 (38.11%)||| |   | Rémy Tondreau| UM gain from VM|-| West| 9,774| Borough councillor| 4,488
45,92%| | Alexis Rochon
812 (18.92%)| |   | Gilles Beaudry
2,342 (54.58%)| | Souad Bounakhla
1,137 (26.50%)||| |   | Gilles Beaudry| UM hold |}

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

|-| - | 95,431| Borough mayor| 34,441
36.09%| | Carole Dupuis
8,678 (26.01%)| |   | Michael Applebaum
17,409 (52.19%)| | Brenda Mae Paris
5,686 (17.04%)| | Jacqueline Sommereyns (PMVM)
1,586 (4.75%)| |   | Michael Applebaum| UM hold |-| Côte-des-Neiges| 16,773| City councillor| 6,434
38.36%| | Magda Popeanu
2,111 (33.81%)| |   | Helen Fotopulos
Co-candidate[6] for Gérald Tremblay
2,607 (41.75%)| | Amelia Salehabadi
1,382 (22.13%)| | Ziyad Almbasher (PMVM)
144 (2.31%)| |   | Francine Sénécal| UM hold |-| Darlington| 17,474| City councillor| 5,584
31.96%| | Kamala Jegatheeswaran
1,137 (21.42%)| |   | Lionel Perez
2,322 (43.74%)| | Keeton Clarke
798 (15.03%)| | Francine Brodeur (PMVM)
435 (8.19%)
Marlon Quintos (Ind.)
312 (5.88%)
Alex Robles (Ind.)
305 (5.74%)| |   | Saulie Zajdel| UM hold |-| Loyola| 21,962| City councillor| 7,740
35.24%| | Cymry Jean Gomery
1,476 (19.47%)| |   | Susan Clarke
2,525 (33.31%)| | Hubert Gallet
566 (7.47%)| | Jeremy Searle (Ind.)
2,270 (29.94%)
George Pentsos (PMVM)
744 (9.81%)| |   | Warren Allmand| UM hold |-| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce| 20,561| City councillor| 8,400
40.85%| |   | Peter McQueen
3,441 (41.82%)| | Marie-José Mastromonaco
2,654 (32.26%)| | David Hanna
1,811 (22.01%)|| David Riachi (PMVM)
177 (2.15%)
Philippe Godley (Ind.)
145 (1.76%)| |   | Marcel Tremblay| PM gain from UM|-| Snowdon| 18,661| City councillor| 6,240
33.44%| | Daniel Grenon
1,064 (17.79%)| |   | Marvin Rotrand
3,578 (59.82%)| | Frédéric Tremblay
939 (15.70%)| | Carmen Dan (PMVM)
400 (6.69%)| |   | Marvin Rotrand| UM hold |}

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

|-| - | 13,150| Borough mayor| 5,327
40.51%| | Luc Charlebois
925 (17.95%) | |   | Richard Bélanger
2,881 (55.91%)| | René Gervais
1,168 (22.67%)| | Nadia Vilmé (PMVM)
179 (3.47%)
Christian Prevost (Ind)
Candidacy withdrawn[7] | |   | Richard Bélanger| UM hold |-| Denis-Benjamin-Viger| 3,826| Borough councillor| 1,635
42.73%| | Gordon Craig
170 (10.71%)| |   | Christopher Little
692 (43.58%)| | Raymond Legault
254 (15.99%)| | Christian Larocque (Ind.)
472 (29.72%)| |   | Christopher Little| UM hold |-| Jacques-Bizard| 3,044 | Borough councillor| 1,255
41.23%| | Jean-Dominic Lévesque-René
323 (27.23%)| |   | François Robert
538 (45.36%) | | Pascal Marchi
325 (27.40%)||| |   | François Robert| UM hold |-| Pierre-Foretier| 3,696| Borough councillor| 1,566
42.37%| | Daniel Dulude
309 (20.21%)| |   | Diane Gibb
816 (53.37%)|| Denis Lessard
404 (26.42%)||| |   | Diane Gibb| UM hold |-| Sainte-Geneviève| 2,584| Borough councillor| 877
33.94%| | Henri Malmström
43 (5.05%)| | Philippe Voisard
344 (40.38%)| | Éric Boissé
65 (7.63%)| |   | Jacques Cardinal (Ind.)
400 (46.95%)| |   | Philippe Voisard| Ind. gain from UM|}

Lachine

|-| rowspan=2 | - | rowspan=2 | 30,441| Borough mayor| 12,044
39.57%| | Gilles Lortie
2,040 (17.45%)| |   | Claude Dauphin
7,407 (63.37%)| | Carolina Caruso
2,242 (19.18%)| | | |   | Claude Dauphin| UM hold |-| City councillor| 12 033
39.53%| | Daniel Racicot
2,589 (22.28%)| |   | Jane Cowell-Poitras
6,839 (58.86%)| | Zhao Xin Wu
2,191 (18.86%)| | | |   | Jane Cowell-Poitras| UM hold |-| Du Canal| 9,905| Borough councillor| 3,558
35.92%| | John Symon
560 (16.38%)| |   | Lise Poulin
1,485 (43.45%)| | Robert Monaco
727 (21.27%)| | Robert Farineau (Ind.)
499 (14.60%)
Mario Lavigne (Ind.)
147 (4.30%)| |   | Elizabeth Verge| UM hold |-| Fort-Rolland| 10,360| Borough councillor| 4,937
47.65%| | Jody Anne Negley
1,036 (21.67%)| |   | Jean-François Cloutier
2,765 (57.85%)| | Claude de Lanauze
979 (20.48%)||| |   | Jean-François Cloutier| UM hold |-| J.-Émery-Provost| 10,176| Borough councillor| 3,539
34.78%| | Marc-André Rivest
572 (16.74%)| |   | Bernard Blanchet
2,221 (65.00%)|| Raymond Dufort
624 (18.26%)| | | |   | Bernard Blanchet| UM hold |}

LaSalle

|-| - | 51,861| Borough mayor| 19,848
38.27%| | Olivier Lafontaine
2,151 (11.31%)| |   | Manon Barbe
9,359 (49.19%)| | Michael Vadacchino
5,133 (26.98%)| | Oksana Kaluzny (PVL)
2,383 (12.52%)| |   | Manon Barbe| UM hold |-| rowspan=3 | Cecil-P.-Newman| rowspan=3 | 26,280| City councillor| 9,341
35.54%| | Dominique Matte
1,154 (13.01%)| |   | Alvaro Farinacci
4,077 (45.97%)| | Carlo Mannarino
2,113 (23.83%)| | Francisco Moreno (PVL)
1,195 (13.48%)
Saroj Kumar Dash (PMVM)
329 (3.71%)| |   | Alvaro Farinacci| UM hold |-| Borough councillor I| 9,340
35.54%| | Livia James
1,109 (12.65%)| |   | Vincenzo Cesari
4,145 (47.30%)| | Enrico Pace
2,150 (24.53%)| | Giovanni Butterin (PVL)
1,360 (15.52%)| |   | Vincenzo Cesari| UM hold |-| Borough councillor II| 9,333
35.51%| | Julien Demers
977 (11.11%)| |   | Josée Troilo
3,692 (41.99%)| | Jocelyne Bénard
1,948 (22.16%)| | Mario Orlando (PVL)
1,471 (16.73%)
Vas Karkavilas (PMVM)
704 (8.01%)| |   | Michael Vadacchino| UM gain from VM|-| rowspan=3 | Sault-Saint-Louis| rowspan=3 | 25,581| City councillor| 10,607
41.46%|| Frédéric Demers
1,318 (12.96%)| |   | Richard Deschamps
4,835 (47.55%)| | Pierre Lussier
2,489 (24.48%)| | Éric Tremblay (PVL)
1,113 (10.95%)
Cécile Duhamel (PMVM)
414 (4.07%)| |   | Richard Deschamps| UM hold |-| Borough councillor I| 10,631
41.56%| | Gregory Abel
1,217 (11.97%)| |   | Ross Blackhurst
5,019 (49.38%)| | Yves Desparois
2,495 (24.55%)|| Mariya Pasternak (PVL)
1,042 (10.25%)
Gerald Wityshyn (PMVM)
391 (3.85%)| |   | Ross Blackhurst| UM hold |-| Borough councillor II| 10,615
41.50%| | Benoît Couturier
1,357 (13.45%)| |   | Laura-Ann Palestini
4,571 (45.30%)|| Gilbert Vachon
2,770 (27.45%)| | Devon Wyre (PVL)
920 (9.12%)
Lise Furlatt (PMVM)
472 (4.68%)| |   | Laura Palestini| UM hold |}

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

|-| - | 96,244| Borough mayor| 39,531
41.07%| | Ann Julie Fortier
9,640 (25.19%)| | Claire St-Arnaud
8,528 (22.28%)| |   | Réal Ménard
20,103 (52.53%)| | | |   | Lyn Thériault| VM hold |-| Hochelaga| 23,817| City councillor| 8,949
37.57%| | Éric Alan Caldwell
2,560 (29.57%)[8] | | Louis Cléroux
1,131 (13.07%)| |   | Laurent Blanchard
4,965 (57.36%)| | | |   | Laurent Blanchard| VM hold |-| Louis-Riel| 22,743| City councillor| 9,804
43.11%| | Michel Bouchard
2,437 (25.73%)[9] | | Richer Dompierre
2,926 (30.89%)| |   | Lyn Thériault
3,784 (39.95%)| | Steve Lamer (Ind.)
255 (2.69%)
Kristian-Andrew Solarik (Ind.)
69 (0.73%)| |   | Richer Dompierre| VM gain from UM|-| Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe| 24,752| City councillor| 10,070
40.68%| | Carl Bégin
2,569 (26.28%)| | Christian Giguère
1,966 (20.11%)| |   | Monique Comtois-Blanchet
Co-candidate for Louise Harel
5,239 (53.60%)| | | |   | Claire St-Arnaud| VM gain from UM|-| Tétreaultville| 24,932| City councillor| 10,748
43.11%| | Suzie Miron
3,196 (30.79%)| | Serge Malaison
2,414 (23.26%)| |   | Gaëtan Primeau
4,770 (45.95%)| | | |   | Gaëtan Primeau| VM hold |}

Montréal-Nord

|-| - | 53,098| Borough mayor| 17,762
33.45%| | Ronald Boisrond
2,438 (14.55%)| |   | Gilles Deguire
6,784 (40.50%) | | Daniel Renaud
4,317 (25.77%)| | Michelle Allaire (RMM)
3,213 (19.18%)| |   | Marcel Parent| UM hold |-| rowspan=2 | Marie-Clarac| rowspan=2 | 27,807| City councillor| 9,529
34.27%| | Hugues Surprenant
1,456 (16.13%)| |   | Clementina Teti-Tomassi
3,410 (37.77%)| | Marc L. Fortin
2,817 (31.20%)| | Louis Pelletier (RMM)
1,345 (14.90%)| |   | James Infantino| UM hold |-| Borough councillor| 9,506
34.19%| | Saïd Ghoulimi
1,256 (13.96%)| |   | Chantal Rossi
3,506 (38.96%)| | Roland Carrier
2,824 (31.38%)| | Jeannette Belisle (RMM)
1,413 (15.70%)| |   | Clementina Teti-Tomassi| UM hold |-| rowspan=2 | Ovide-Clermont| rowspan=2 | 25,291| City councillor| 8,162
32.27%| | Judith Houedjissin
920 (11.96%)| |   | Jean-Marc Gibeau
3,787 (49.21%)| | Brunilda Reyes
2,035 (26.45%)|| Réjean Loyer (RMM)
953 (12.38%)| |   | Jean-Marc Gibeau| UM hold |-| Borough councillor| 8,175
32.32%| | Nicolas Bergeron
1,140 (14.89%)| |   | Monica Ricourt
3,313 (43.28%)| | Guerline Rigaud
2,020 (26.39%)| | Lynn Boulerice (RMM)
993 (12.97%)
Henri-Paul Bernier (Ind.)
189 (2.47%)| |   | Normand Fortin| UM hold |}

Outremont

|-| - | 15,431| Borough mayor| 8,480
54.95%| | Étienne Coutu
1,990 (24.04%)| |   | Marie Cinq-Mars
3,803 (45.95%)| | Paul-André Tétreault
2,484 (30.01%)||| |   | Marie Cinq-Mars| UM hold |-| Claude-Ryan| 4,108| Borough councillor| 2,070
50.39%| | Mylène Freeman
305 (15.02%)| |   | Louis Moffatt
912 (44.90%)| | Duncan Robert Seebold
362 (17.82%)| | Jean de Julio-Paquin (PO)
452 (22.26%)| |   | Louis Moffatt| UM hold |-| Jeanne-Sauvé| 3,654| Borough councillor| 2,061
56.40%| | Jérôme Bugel
419 (20.97%)| |   | Ana Nunes
654 (32.73%)| | Marc Vanier Vincent
527 (26.38%)|| Pierre Simard (PO)
398 (19.92%)| |   | Ana Nunes| UM hold |-| Joseph-Beaubien| 4,207| Borough councillor| 2,452
58.28%| | Denisa Baranceanu
380 (15.75%)| | Claude B. Piquette
666 (27.60%)| | Louise Gagné
597 (24.74%)| |   | Céline Forget (Ind.)
770 (31.91%)| |   | Claude B. Piquette| Ind. gain from UM|-| Robert-Bourassa| 3,462| Borough councillor| 1,899
54.85%| | Angèle Richer
296 (15.90%)| |   | Marie Potvin
785 (42.16%)| | Alain Tittley
501 (26.91%)| | Jean Girouard (PO)
280 (15.04%)| |   | Marie Potvin| UM hold |}

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

|-| - | 45,454| Borough mayor| 13,654
30.04%| | Michael Labelle
4,483 (33.77%)| |   | Monique Worth
7,065 (53.22%)| | Latif Zaki
1,728 (13.02%)||| |   | Monique Worth| UM hold |-| rowspan=2 | East| rowspan=2 | 24,127| City councillor| 7,464
30.94%| | Miguel Roman
2,188 (30.35%)| |   | Christian G. Dubois
3,722 (51.63%)| | Mustapha Kachani
1,299 (18.02%)||| |   | Christian G. Dubois| UM hold |-| Borough councillor| 7,477
30.99%| | Eva Salem Nakouzi
1,913 (26.56%)| |   | Dimitrios Jim Beis
3,585 (49.77%)| | Nathalie Morin
1,705 (23.67%)||| |   | Roger Trottier| UM hold |-| rowspan=2 | West| rowspan=2 | 21,327| City councillor| 6,196
29.05%| | Eric McCarty
1,941 (32.23%)| |   | Bertrand A. Ward
3,264 (54.20%)| | Olivier Manceau
817 (13.57%)||| |   | Bertrand A. Ward| UM hold |-| Borough councillor| 6,197
29.06%|| Lisa Ann Cardi
1,940 (32.29%)| |   | Catherine Clément-Talbot
3,260 (54.26%)| | Alexandre Pagé-Chassé
808 (13.45%)||| |   | Catherine Clément-Talbot| UM hold |}

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

|-| - | 66,556| Borough mayor| 28,920
43.45%| |   | Luc Ferrandez
12,541 (44.76%)| | Michel Labrecque
7,274 (25.96%)| | Guillaume Vaillancourt
7,620 (27.20%)|| Jean-François Larose (PMVM)
582 (2.08%)| |   | Helen Fotopulos| PM gain from UM|-| rowspan=2 | DeLorimier| rowspan=2 | 23,602| City councillor| 11,238
47.61%| |   | Josée Duplessis
5,403 (49.51%)| | Constance Ramacieri
1,391 (12.75%)[10] | | Martine Hébert
3,907 (35.80%)[11] || Antoine Bilodeau (PMVM)
211 (1.93%)[12] | |   | Richard Bergeron| PM hold |-| Borough councillor| 11,237
47.61%| |   | Carl Boileau
5,242 (48.12%)| | Marc-Nicolas Kobrynsky
1,484 (13.62%)| | Christine Fréchette
4,168 (38.26%)[13] ||| |   | Josée Duplessis| PM hold |-| rowspan=2 | Jeanne-Mance| rowspan=2 | 21,235| City councillor| 8,401
39.56%| |   | Nimâ Machouf
Co-candidate for Richard Bergeron
3,271 (39.90%)|| Michel Prescott
1,806 (22.03%)| | Nathalie Rochefort
2,404 (29.32%)| | Marc-Boris St-Maurice (Ind.)
548 (6.68%)
Marc-André Bahl (PMVM)
170 (2.07%)| |   | Michel Prescott| PM gain from UM|-| Borough councillor| 8,405
39,58%| |   | Piper Huggins
3,457 (42.57%)| | Isabel Dos Santos
2,719 (33.48%)| | Jennifer-Lee Barker
1,945 (23.95%)||| |   | Isabel Dos Santos| PM gain from UM|-| rowspan=2 | Mile End| rowspan=2 | 21,719| City councillor| 9,251
42.59%| |   | Alex Norris
4,262 (47.51%)| | Robert Pilon
1,885 (21.01%)| | Pierre Marquis
2,552 (28.45%)| | Juliana Contreras (PMVM)
272 (3.03%)| |   | Michel Labrecque| PM gain from UM|-| Borough councillor| 9,253 (42.60%| |   | Richard Ryan
4,349 (48.52%)|| Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis
2,059 (22.97%)| | Michel Pauzé
2,555 (28.51%)||| |   | Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis| PM gain from UM|}

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

|-| - | 77,592| Borough mayor| 30,964
39.91%| | Thérèse Deschambault
5,845 (19.69%)| |   | Joe Magri
12,250 (41.27%)| | Chantal Rouleau
10,770 (36.28%)| | Michel Daoust (Ind.)
817 (2.75%)| |   | Cosmo Maciocia| UM hold|-| rowspan=2 | La Pointe-aux-Prairies| rowspan=2 | 28,255| City councillor| | | Suzanne Morin | | Marco Veilleux | |   | Caroline Bourgeois ||| |   | Nicolas Montmorency| VM gain from Ind.|-| Borough councillor| | | Guillaume Raymond | | Joseph Di Pietro | |   | Mario Blanchet ||| |   | Joseph Di Pietro| VM gain from UM|-| rowspan=2 | Pointe-aux-Trembles| rowspan=2 | 24,747| City councillor| | | Marius Minier | | André Bélisle | |   | Suzanne Décarie | | Gérald Briand (Ind)| |   | André Bélisle| VM gain from UM|-| Borough councillor| | | Carine Bernier || Stéphane Robitaille | |   | Gilles Déziel ||| |   | Suzanne Décarie| VM hold |-| rowspan=2 | Rivière-des-Prairies| rowspan=2 | 24,590| City councillor| || Carole Leroux | |   | Maria Calderone | | Gennaro Bartoli ||| |   | Joe Magri| UM hold|-| Borough councillor| | | Sylvain Girard | |   | Giovanni Rapanà | | Francesco Ierfino ||| |   | Maria Calderone| UM hold|}

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

|-| - | 96,802| Borough mayor| 43,900
45.35%| | Patrick Cigana
13,902 (32.74%)| | André Lavallée
13,477 (31.74%)| |   | François Croteau
15,077 (35.51%)||| |   | André Lavallée| VM gain from UM|-| Étienne-Desmarteau| 23,834| City councillor| 11,323
47.51%| |   | Marc-André Gadoury
4,295 (39.17%)| | Carole Du Sault
2,515 (22.94%)|| Rémy Trudel
4,154 (37.89%)||| |   | Carole Du Sault| PM gain from UM|-| Marie-Victorin| 23,106| City councillor| 10,511
45.49%| | Michel Desmarais
2,363 (23.41%)| | Carle Bernier-Genest
3,147 (31.18%)| |   | Élaine Ayotte
4,584 (45.41%)||| |   | Carle Bernier-Genest| VM gain from UM|-| Saint-Édouard| 24,500| City councillor| 10,675
43.57%| |   | François Limoges
4,816 (46.52%)| | Nicole McNeil
2,045 (19.75%)| | Atïm Leon
3,206 (30.97%)|| Francine Faucher (PMVM)
285 (2.75%)| |   | François Purcell| PM gain from UM|-| Vieux-Rosemont| 25,362| City councillor| 11,407
44.98%| | Christine Gosselin
3,736 (33.87%)| | Gilles Grondin
2,620 (23.75%)| |   | Pierre Lampron
4,674 (42.38%)||| |   | Gilles Grondin| VM gain from UM|}

Saint-Laurent

|-| - | 56,747| Borough mayor| 18,767
33.07%| | Fouad Zerhouni
2,486 (13.72%)| |   | Alan DeSousa
13,206 (72.89%)| | Sergio Borja
2,426 (13.39%)||| |   | Alan DeSousa| UM hold|-| rowspan=2 | Côte-de-Liesse| rowspan=2 | 29,030| City councillor| 9,298
32.03%| | Carole Laberge
1,415 (15.71%)| |   | Laval Demers
5,793 (64.33%)| | Sonia Fragapane
1,230 (13.66%)| | Bryce Durafourt (Ind.)
567 (6.30%)| |   | Laval Demers| UM hold|-| Borough councillor| 9,328
32.13%| | Frances Kotar
1,493 (16.48%)| |   | Maurice Cohen
6,086 (67.20%)| | Guillaume Benoit-Gagné
1,478 (16.32%)||| |   | Maurice Cohen| UM hold|-| rowspan=2 | Norman-McLaren| rowspan=2 | 27,717| City councillor| 9,469
34.16%| | Mohammed Benzaria
1,505 (16.70%)| |   | Aref Salem
5,166 (57.32%)| | Joan Adams
1,822 (20.22%)|| Alain Ackad (PMVM)
520 (5.77%)| |   | Patricia Bittar| UM hold|-| Borough councillor| 9,441
34.06%| | Léonard Langlois
1,771 (19.73%)| |   | Michèle D. Biron
5,590 (62.28%)| | Nezar Hammoud
1,614 (17.98%)||| |   | Michèle Biron| UM hold|}

Saint-Léonard

|-| - | 48,325| Borough mayor| 18,803
38.91%|   | Nicolas Marchildon
1,325 (7.42%)[14] | |   | Michel Bissonnet
12,449 (69.72%)|   | Vittorio Capparelli
2,035 (11.40%)|   | Italo Barone (ACM) 1,868 (10.46%)
David Mallozzi (Ind) 179 (1.00%)[15] | |   | Michel Bissonnet| UM hold|-| rowspan=2 | Saint-Léonard-Est| rowspan=2 | 21,159| City councillor| 8,294
39.20%|   | Franco Fiori
947 (12.21%)[16] | |   | Robert L. Zambito
4,928 (63.51%)|   | Raphaël Fortin
1,135 (14.63%)|   | Louise Blackburn (ACM)
749 (9.65%)| |   | Yvette Bissonnet| UM hold|-| Borough councillor| 8,270
39.09%|   | Martin Surprenant
830 (10.84%)[17] | |   | Lili-Anne Tremblay
4,429 (57.86%)|   | Marie-Lourdes Louis
1,162 (15.18%)[18] |   | Domenico Moschella (ACM)
1,234 (16.12%)| |   | Robert L. Zambito| UM hold|-| rowspan=2 | Saint-Léonard-Ouest| rowspan=2 | 27,166| City councillor| 10,487
38.60%|   | Souad El Haous
773 (7.90%)[19] | |   | Dominic Perri
6,524 (66.69%)|   | Najat Boughaba
1,330 (13.60%)[20] |   | Rocco De Robertis (ACM)
1,155 (11.81%)[21] | |   | Dominic Perri| UM hold|-| Borough councillor| 10,500
38.65%|   | Martin Lavallée
1,095 (11.09%)[22] | |   | Mario Battista
6,653 (67.39%)|   | Carmelo De Stefano
1,408 (14.26%)[23] |   | Luis Ruivo (ACM)
717 (7.26%)[24] | |   | Mario Battista| UM hold|}

Le Sud-Ouest

|-| - | 49,148| Borough mayor| 17,853
36.32%| | Mudi Wa Mbuji Kabeya
3,275 (19.24%)[25] | | Nicole Boudreau
4,798 (28.19%)| |   | Benoit Dorais
4,826 (28.35%)| | Line Hamel (Ind.)
3,586 (21.07%)
Camillien Delisle (Ind.)
537 (3.15%)[26] | |   | Jacqueline Montpetit| VM gain from UM|-| rowspan=2 | Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles| rowspan=2 | 27,189| City councillor| 9,323
34.29%| | Steeve Lemay
2,524 (28.27%)[27] || Pierre Fréchette
2,538 (28.43%)[28] | |   | Véronique Fournier
2,695 (30.19%)| | Sylvain Patry (Ind.)
792 (8.87%)
Michel Fortin (Ind.)
378 (4.23%)| |   | Line Hamel| VM gain from Ind.|-| Borough councillor| 9,385
34.52%| |   | Sophie Thiébaut
2,765 (30.92%)|| Danielle Godbout
2,444 (27.33%)| | Paul-Émile Rioux
2,524 (28.23%)|| Émilie Bordat (Ind.)
645 (7.21%)
Sean Murphy (PMVM)
564 (6.31%)| |   | Pierre E. Fréchette| PM gain from UM|-| rowspan=2 | Saint-Paul–Émard| rowspan=2 | 21,959| City councillor| 8,543
38.90%|| Marie-Pascale Deegan
1,949 (24.27%)| |   | Daniel Bélanger
3,063 (38.14%)| | Benjamin Cartier
3,018 (37.58%)||| |   | Jean-Yves Cartier| UM gain from VM|-| Borough councillor| 8,558
38.97%| | Hélène Leblanc
1,744 (21.52%)| | Diane Robitaille Pignoloni
2,494 (30.78%)| |   | Huguette Roy
2,574 (31.77%)| | Ronald Bossy (Ind.)
1,291 (15.93%)| |   | Ronald Bossy| VM gain from Ind.|}

Verdun

|-| - | 47,141| Borough mayor| 18,073
38.34%|| Yannick Brosseau
3,892 (22.22%)| |   | Claude Trudel
6,993 (39.92%)| | Richard Langlais
5,578 (31.84%)| | Pierre Labrosse (PMVM)
1,055 (6.02%)| |   | Claude Trudel| UM hold|-| rowspan=3 | Champlain–
L'Île-des-Sœurs| rowspan=3 | 24,618| City councillor| 9,721
39.49%| | Alain Fredet
2,160 (22.99%)| |   | Ginette Marotte
3,430 (36.51%)| | Catherine Chauvin
3,289 (35.01%)| | Denise Larouche (PMVM)
516 (5.49%)| |   | Ginette Marotte| UM hold|-| Borough councillor I| 9,721
39.49%| | Mathieu Lutfy
2,250 (24.11%)| |   | Paul Beaupré
3,455 (37.02%)| | André Julien
3,070 (32.89%)| | Rickie Richard (PMVM)
559 (5.99%)| |   | Paul Beaupré| UM hold|-| Borough councillor II| 9,716
39.47%| | Ken McLaughlin
2,180 (23.28%)| |   | Andrée Champoux
3,308 (35.32%)| | Pierre L'Heureux
3,270 (34.92%)| | Pierre Rousseau (PMVM)
607 (6.48%)| |   | Marc Touchette| UM hold|-| rowspan=3 | Desmarchais-Crawford| rowspan=3 | 22,523| City councillor| 8,334
37.00%| | Mathieu Boisvert
1,901 (23.61%)| |   | Alain Tassé
3,115 (38.69%)| | Antoine Richard
2,429 (30.17%)| | Jeannette Lafrance (PMVM)
606 (7.53%)| |   | Alain Tassé| UM hold|-| Borough councillor I| 8,351
37.08%| | Xavier Mondor
1,837 (22.84%)| |   | Ann Guy
2,922 (36.33%)| | Jean-François Parenteau
2,784 (34.61%)| | Diane Schinck (PMVM)
501 (6.23%)| |   | Josée Lavigueur Thériault| UM hold|-| Borough councillor II| 8,350
37.07%| | Beatriz Guarin
1,752 (21.72%)| |   | André Savard
3,234 (40.09%)| | Michelle Tremblay
2,691 (33.36%)| | Robert Couturier (PMVM)
390 (4.83%)| |   | André Savard| UM hold|}

Ville-Marie

|-| - | n/a | Borough mayor| colspan=9 align=center | Elected position abolished (Mayor of Montreal serves as borough mayor)[29] | |   | Benoit Labonté| VM loss to redistricting|-| rowspan=2 | Peter-McGill| 18,201| City councillor| 5,179
28.45%|   | David-Roger Gagnon
701 (13.77%)| |   | Sammy Forcillo
1,951 (38.33%)|   | Denise Dussault
618 (12.14%)|   | | |   | Catherine Sévigny| UM hold|-| n/a| Borough councillor| colspan=9 align=center | Position abolished| |   | Karim Boulos| Ind. loss to redistricting|-| Saint-Jacques| 20,750| City councillor| 7,806
37.62%| | Siou Fan Houang
2,237 (29.48%)| | Catherine Sévigny
1,965 (25.90%)| |   | François Robillard
3,127 (41.21%)| | Gérald Yane (PMVM)
259 (3.41%)| colspan=2 | Position created| VM gain|-| Sainte-Marie| 15,761| City councillor| 6,245
39.62%| |   | Pierre Mainville
3,689 (64.94%)|| Yves Pelletier
1,144 (20.14%)[30] | | Benoit Labonté
Candidacy withdrawn[31] | | | colspan=2 | Position created| PM gain|-| rowspan=2 | Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques| n/a| City councillor| colspan=9 align=center | Position abolished| |   | Sammy Forcillo| UM loss to redistricting|-| n/a| Borough councillor| colspan=9 align=center | Position abolished| |   | Pierre Mainville| PM loss to redistricting|}

Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension

|-| - | 87,788| Borough mayor| 33,926
38.65%| | Nicolas Thibodeau
7,452 (23.06%)| | Marcel Tremblay
10,709 (33.14%)| |   | Anie Samson
12,800 (39.61%)|   | Beverly Bernardo (Ind.)
705 (2.18%)
Jacques Brisebois (Ind.)
653 (2.02%)| |   | Anie Samson| VM hold|-| François-Perrault| 22,228| City councillor| 8,332
37.48%| | Marie-Josée Beauchamp
2,219 (27.97%)| |   | Frank Venneri
2,877 (36.26%)| | Harry Delva[32]
2,556 (32.22%)| | Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin (Ind.)
282 (3.55%)| |   | Frank Venneri| UM hold|-| Parc-Extension| 19,913| City councillor| 7,166
35.99%| | Bernarda Klatt
899 (13.11%)| |   | Mary Deros
3,476 (50.69%)| | Costa Zafiropoulos
1,608 (23.45%)| | George Lemontzoglou (EPM)
534 (7.79%)
Moshfiqur Rahman Khan (Ind.)
215 (3.14%)
Sorin Vasile Iftode (PMVM)
126 (1.84%)| |   | Mary Deros| UM hold|-| Saint-Michel| 21,770| City councillor| 7,111
32.66%| | Jack Thierry Morency
891 (13.35%)| |   | Frantz Benjamin
2,898 (43.41%)| | Soraya Martinez
2,478 (37.12%)| | Valentino Nelson (PMVM)
409 (6.13%)| |   | Soraya Martinez| UM gain from VM|-| Villeray| 23,877| City councillor| 11,301
47,33%| | Éric Daoust
2,936 (26.69%)| | Sylvain Lachance
1,895 (17.23%)| |   | Elsie Lefebvre
5,972 (54.29%)| | Luis Corcuera (EPM)
198 (1.80%)| |   | Sylvain Lachance| VM gain from UM|}

Declined

Johanna Raso - Financial consultant, former lecturer at McGill University, published articles. She was invited to run for borough mayor by both major parties, Union Montreal and Vision Montreal. She declined both invitations, despite campaign support from the business community.

References

  1. News: . Quebec to create special corruption squad . October 22, 2009 . October 25, 2009.
  2. Web site: Tight race for Montreal mayor. CTV. October 30, 2009 .
  3. Gentile was a first-time candidate. See Véronique Leduc, "Présentation des candidats du district de Bordeaux-Cartierville" Courier Ahuntsic/Bordeaux-Cartierville, October 1, 2009, accessed February 5, 2013.
  4. Born in Ahuntsic, Bazinet has a master's degree in management. He has been a member of Projet Montréal since its founding and is running for the party again in the 2013 municipal election. See Élections municipales 2013 – Deux nouveaux candidats s’ajouteront à l’équipe de Projet Montréal d’Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Projet Montréal, April 25, 2013, accessed July 11, 2013.
  5. Lapointe has a bachelor's degree in community organization from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), has pursued graduate studies in marketing and science management at UQAM and HEC Montréal, and worked for many years with the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ). The 2009 election was his first bid for public office. See Louise Harel et Benoit Labonté présentent l'équipe de candidat-e-s de Vision Montréal dans l'arrondissement d'Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Vision Montreal, August 25, 2009, accessed July 11, 2009; Pascal LeBlanc, "Présentation des candidats du district de Saint-Sulpice," Courrier Ahuntsic, 9 October 2009, accessed 11 July 2013
  6. "A person may only run for one position, either mayor of the city, borough mayor, city councillor, or borough councillor. However, a person running for mayor of the city for an authorized party may also run, together with a second person called a 'co-candidate' (colistier), for city councillor. This does not include the position of borough mayor. If the candidate for mayor is elected and also obtains the largest number of votes for the position of city councillor, he or she becomes mayor of the city and the co-candidate becomes city councillor. If he or she is defeated for city but obtains the largest number of votes for city councillor, he or she becomes city councillor for the district or (in the case of Anjou and Lachine only) the borough instead of the co-candidate, unless he or she refuses the position in writing within 30 days after his or her election as city councillor is announced." - Élection Montréal. Manuel du candidat. 2009. pp. 8-9.
  7. Élection Montréal. "Retrait de la candidature de M. Christian Prévost." October 22, 2009.
  8. Caldwell had previously been Projet Montréal's candidate for borough mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga–Maisonneuve in the 2005 municipal election. At that time, he was described as a documentary filmmaker. See "East-end residents expect to reap merger benefits," Montreal Gazette, October 23, 2005, A5.
  9. Bouchard was a first-time candidate. According to his campaign biography, he has a graduate degree in health and social services from the École nationale d'administration publique, a Bachelor of Science degree from the Université de Montréal, and a Registered Nursing degree from the Cégep de Maisonneuve, and has been a director in Quebec's health and social service sectors. See Michel Bouchard: campaign biography, Projet Montréal. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  10. Ramacieri formerly worked for Jean Doré and Thérèse Daviau. Source: Olivier Laniel, "Une ex-candidate d’Union Montréal anime les soirées Demain Montréal,"' Montreal Express, November 16, 2012.
  11. Hébert has a master's degree in economics, has worked in public and governmental relations in Quebec and Canada, and is the founder of the Association québécoise des lobbyistes. Source: "Louise Harel et Benoit Labonté présentent l'équipe de candidat-e-s de Vision Montréal dans l'arrondissement du Plateau-Mont-Royal," Canada NewsWire, September 5, 2009, 10:30 am. She is not to be confused with a different Martine Hébert who serves as vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. A candidate named Martine Hébert ran for the Parti Québécois in 1989, though it is not known if this was the same person.
  12. Bilodeau was a first-time candidate. There is a prominent political scientist of the same name on the faculty of Concordia University, though it is not known if this is the same person.
  13. Fréchette has an economics degree from HEC Montréal and a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Laval University. She founded the North American Forum on Integration in 2002 and served as its president and director-general until 2011. She has also worked as an administrator for the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal and has been a consultant for the Conseil supérieur de la langue française, the government of Quebec, and other organizations. After the 2012 Quebec provincial election, she became the principle press attaché for cabinet minister Jean-François Lisée. Sources: "A Fresh Look at North American Integration," Canada NewsWire, November 18, 2004, p. 1; Jean-François Lisée, Government of Quebec, accessed April 24, 2013; Christine Fréchette, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal, accessed April 24, 2013.
  14. Marchildon was a first-time candidate who focused his campaign around environmental and public transit issues. He is a computer programmer analyst with a background in promoting open-source software. See Roberto Rocha, "Open-source at risk of becoming mainstream," National Post, September 19, 2007, FP10; Candidat - Nicolas Marchildon, cyberpress.ca, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2011; Guillaume Picard, "Saint-Léonard", Progrès Saint-Léonard, October 27, 2009, accessed August 14, 2011.
  15. Mallozzi was a twenty-three-year-old student at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He called for greater transparency in government and a crime prevention strategy based on education and better interactions with the police. He had previously been an independent candidate in Saint-Leonard's 2008 borough mayoral by-election, when he received 110 votes (0.91%) for a fourth-place finish against Michel Bissonnet. See Guillaume Picard, "Saint-Léonard", Progrès Saint-Léonard, October 27, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2011; Official results - Saint-Léonard borough, Septembre 21, 2008, City of Montreal, accessed August 14, 2011.
  16. According to his party biography, Fiori has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Italian studies from the Université du Québec à Montréal (2004). He has worked as an actor and was pursuing a Bachelor of Laws degree from McGill University during the 2009 election. See "Franco Fiori," Projet Montréal . Retrieved July 22, 2011; Candidat - Franco Fiori, cyberpresse.ca, 2009, accessed September 13, 2011.
  17. Surprenant was twenty years old during the campaign and had been involved with Projet Montréal since 2005. His campaign focused on public transit. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", Progrès Saint-Léonard, October 16, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  18. Louis was a resident of Parc-Extension in 2009. Active in the Haitian Canadian community, her campaign focused on improved public transit and renewing government following the municipal scandals of previous years. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", Progrès Saint-Léonard, October 16, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  19. Souad El Haous is of Moroccan background. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a master's degree in human resource management, and has worked with children with learning disabilities and has promoted cross-cultural events. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller de ville", Progrès Saint-Léonard, October 16, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2011; Biographie: Souad El Haous, Projet Montréal, accessed September 28, 2011.
  20. Boughaba, who is originally from Morocco, is a French literature scholar with a Ph.D. from the University of Toulouse. She contributed to a book entitled "Québécois et musulmans main dans la main pour la paix" in 2006. The following year, she led a delegation of Muslim women organized by the Canadian Islamic Congress to Hérouxville, Quebec after the small community passed a series of anti-Muslim resolutions. Boughaba's group brought gifts, including French-language books on Islam, and said that Quebecers had nothing to fear from the province's Muslim community. During a press conference at the event, Boughaba said, "Let's stop the prejudices, let's be reasonable, let's accommodate each other -- that's our message." Later in the same year, she testified to the Bouchard-Taylor commission that it is "unpardonable" for cultural communities to be "denigrated, put into a box and called names." The 2009 campaign was her first bid for public office. See Jeff Heinrich, "'Accommodate Each Other'," Montreal Gazette, February 12, 2007, p. 1; Jeff Heinrich, "Diverse portraits of modern Quebec; Bouchard-Taylor. Protesters disrupt open-mike forum," Montreal Gazette, November 28, 2007, p. 8; Mariève Tremblay, "Dr Najat Boughaba est de tous les combats", Progrès Saint-Léonard, January 8, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2011; Candidat - Najat Boughaba, cyberpresse.ca, accessed September 28, 2011.
  21. Rocco de Robertis ran for council in 2005 as a Vision Montreal candidate and placed second against Dominic Perri. In 2009, he focused his campaign on infrastructure and security. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller de ville", Progrès Saint-Léonard, October 16, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2011; "Election 2005 Results: Montreal & Suburbs," Montreal Gazette, November 7, 2005, p. 10.
  22. Martin Lavallée identified as a cook. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", October 19, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  23. Carmelo de Stefano was born in Italy, moved to Quebec in 1973, and has worked for many years in the paper and printing sector. He called for greater social equality during the 2009 election and highlighted his party's pledge to create more social housing. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", October 19, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2011; Candidat - Carmelo de Stefano, cyberpress.ca, 2009, accessed September 13, 2011.
  24. Luis Ruivo was an entrepreneur and first-time candidate. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", October 19, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2011; Steve Caron, "L'Action civique Saint-Léonard fait son apparition", Progrès Saint-Léonard, September 9, 2009, accessed September 13, 2011.
  25. Mudi Wa Mbuji Kabeya moved to Canada in 1995 and has a Master of Arts degree in history from the Université de Montréal. He has served as vice-president of the Congrès des Congolais du Canada and was president and general-manager of Centre Africain de Développement et d'Entraide in 2013. As of 2013, he serves on the executive on Projet Montréal. See Laureates, Liévin Mudi Wa Mbuji Kabeya, http://moishistoiredesnoirs.com, accessed April 30, 2013; and Conseil de direction, Projet Montréal, accessed April 30, 2013.
  26. Delisle sought the Parti Québécois nomination for Saint-Henri in the 1985 Quebec provincial election, but lost to Francine Lalonde. See Nancy Wood, "Lalonde wins St. Henri with premier's backing," Montreal Gazette, October 30, 1985, A4.
  27. A resident of Griffintown, Lemay is as an education consultant and author of math textbooks. See "Articles par Steeve Lemay," Notre Projet Montréal dans Le Sud-Ouest, accessed July 10, 2013.
  28. Fréchette was elected to the Sud-Ouest borough council in the 2005 Montreal municipal election as the borough councillor for Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles as a member of the Montreal Island Citizens Union. He served a full four-year term. See Linda Gyulai, "Southwest goes to MICU by 38 votes," Montreal Gazette, November 25, 2005, A7.
  29. As a result of Bill 22 of 2008, the Act to amend various legislative provisions concerning Montréal, section 25, the composition of the Ville-Marie borough council was changed. Instead of a borough mayor, two city councillors, and two borough councillors, the borough council now consists of the mayor of Montreal, three elected city councillors, and two other councillors named by the mayor from among the city council.
  30. Pelletier had previously worked for Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Martin Lemay. See Martin Croteau, "Forcillo brigue un nouveau mandat", cyberpresse.ca, August 29, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  31. Élection Montréal. "Message aux électeurs du district de Sainte-Marie." October 18, 2009.
  32. Harry Delva was born in Haiti and moved to Canada at age seven. A prominent figure in Montreal's Haitian community, he has a degree in administration and criminology, hosts the program Noir de monde on CJNT, and has run the Maison d'Haiti youth centre in Saint-Michel since 1993. In 2011, he served on Montreal's Round Table on Black History Month. See "Black History Month Celebration," See Danielle Adams, "Where danger lurks: Gangs are an intrinsic part of everyday life on streets of St. Michel," Montreal Gazette, October 3, 2004, A1; Paul Cherry, "Province offers funding for street gang problem," Montreal Gazette, December 8, 2007, A6; "Harry Delva se lance en politique avec Louise Harel", Radio-Canada, October 1, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2011; Lison Budzyn, "Harry Delva: «Je serai un conseiller patrouilleur!»", Journal de Saint-Michel, September 23, 2009, accessed August 25, 2011; Montreal Community Contact, February 3, 2011, Volume 21, Issue 3, p. 8.

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