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2013 Montreal municipal election

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65 seats in Montreal City Council 33 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.32%
First party Second party   Leader Denis Coderre Mélanie Joly Party Équipe Denis Coderre Vrai changement Leader since May 23, 2013 September 5, 2013 Leader's seat Mayor Lost election in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Last election pre-creation pre-creation Seats before 17 0 Seats won 26 4 Seat change 9 4 Popular vote 149,467 123,062 Percentage 32.15% 26.47%   Third party Fourth party   CM Leader Richard Bergeron Marcel Côté Party Projet Montréal Coalition Montréal Leader since May 28, 2004 August 30, 2013 Leader's seat Saint-Jacques Lost election in Côte-des-Neiges Last election 10 seats, 25.45% pre-creation Seats before 10 15 Seats won 20 6 Seat change 10 9 Popular vote 118,637 59,490 Percentage 25.52% 12.79% Swing 0.07%
Mayor before election Laurent Blanchard Coalition Montréal Elected mayor Denis Coderre Équipe Denis Coderre

Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 3, 2013, as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 65 positions on the Montreal City Council, including the mayor, borough mayors, and city councillors, as well as 38 borough councillors. Denis Coderre replaced interim mayor Laurent Blanchard, who was elected to replace the previous interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, who resigned due to 14 charges laid against him including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs. Previous elected mayor Gérald Tremblay left office on November 5, 2012, after his party Union Montréal was suspected of corruption and mafia involvement. On July 2, 2013, Louise Harel, leader of the opposition Vision Montréal, announced she would not be running for mayor, instead supporting Marcel Côté.

Final list of Mayor of Montreal candidates

Confirmed

Withdrawn

On October 30, Paunel Paterne Matondot decided to withdraw his nomination as mayor of Montreal at the election of November 3.

Declined

• Raymond Bachand - MNA for Outremont
• Michel Bédard - Former candidate
• Gilles Duceppe - Former Leader of the Bloc Québécois
• Liza Frulla - Former MP
• Louise Harel - Leader of Vision Montréal
• Michel Labrecque - STM President
• David La Haye - Actor, producer
• Normand Legault - Entrepreneur
• Irois Léger - Former journalist
• Gilbert Rozon - Founder of Just for Laughs

Opinion polls

For mayor

Denis Coderre's support remained steady in public opinion polling during the campaign, while the other established "major" candidates – Marcel Côté and Richard Bergeron – largely failed to make an impression. Instead, a lesser-known candidate, Mélanie Joly, pulled ahead of both Côté and Bergeron in public opinion polling to emerge as the second-place contender by the time of the final published poll.

Results

Denis Coderre confirmed polls before the election by winning the post of mayor of Montreal with 32.15% of votes and with a majority of 26,405 votes over Mélanie Joly, his closest rival.

His party, Équipe Coderre pour Montréal, gained 27 of the 65 seats within the city council. Meanwhile, Projet Montréal, led by Richard Bergeron, gained the status of official opposition by winning 20 seats. Marcel Côté's Coalition Montréal won only 6 seats and Mélanie Joly's Vrai changement pour Montréal won 4.

Composition of city and borough councils

Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:

• Mayor of Montreal
• Borough mayor (except in Ville-Marie, whose mayor is the Mayor of Montreal), who is also a city councillor
• A city councillor for the whole borough or each district, who is also a borough councillor (Outremont and L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève have no city councillors other than the borough mayor)
• Zero, one, or two additional borough councillors for each district

Seat-by-seat results

Nominations were open from September 20 to October 4.

Candidate statistics

Party names are the official ones registered with Élection Montréal.

Union Montréal was officially dissolved on May 9, 2013.

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

Anjou

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

Lachine

LaSalle

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Montréal-Nord

Outremont

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Saint-Laurent

Saint-Léonard

Le Sud-Ouest

Verdun

Ville-Marie

Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension

References

1. ^ "Louise Harel abandons race to be Mayor of Montreal". CTV Montreal. July 2, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
2. "Candidates for elective office". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
3. Withdrawal of nomination of Paunel Paterne Matondot
4. "Launch video". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
5. "Is Montreal ready for Melanie Joly and real change in the race for mayor?". Toronto Star, October 20, 2013.
6. Political parties - Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)
7. "Élections 2013 - Candidatures | Portail données ouvertes". City of Montreal. October 7, 2013. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
8. ^ "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.
9. "No hard feelings toward Joly, Bovet says". CJAD. October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
10. "St-Léonard councillor Robert Zambito resigns over Enquête investigation". CBC News. October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
11. Le Rougetel was a candidate of the Communist League.
12. Silès is a former director of the Societe de developpement social de Ville-Marie. During the 2013 election, Denis Coderre described Silès as one of the three "pillars" of his party and promised to appoint him to the Montreal executive committee with responsibility for social development. His defeat in Peter-McGill prevented that outcome. See Allison Lampert, "Consequences of a construction boom; Mayoral candidates are urged to weigh housing market while courting families," Montreal Gazette, October 16, 2013, A4; Linda Gyulai, "Forming inner circle is Coderre's next task; Mayor-elect to name inspector general to oversee contract awarding," Montreal Gazette, November 5, 2013, A6.
13. Trudeau has Bachelor of Laws (1970) and Master of Laws (1975) degrees from the Université de Montréal. She has served as vice-president of the Commission des droits de la personne (1981–87), was a member and vice-president of the Commission municipale du Québec (1999–2006), and for a time served as president of Union Montreal (2009–10). In 2004, she helped oversee the de-merger of some suburban municipalities from Montreal. See Rhéal Séguin, "Tear gas misused, group says," Globe and Mail, May 1, 2001, A7; Maurice Crossfield, "Sutton merger plan panned at public hearing: 'Only a forced merger can divide us' -- citizens group," Montreal Gazette, January 14, 2002, p. 3; Linda Gyulai, "Tremblay reassesses his team," Montreal Gazette, June 22, 2004, A1; Communiqués: TRUDEAU, Nicole Archived December 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Site de la première ministre du Québec, June 2012, accessed December 12, 2013; Philippe Teisceira-Lessard, "Marcel Côté recrute une ancienne d'Union Montréal", Le Presse, October 3, 2013, accessed December 12, 2013; Nicole Trudeau Archived December 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Coalition Montréal campaign biography, accessed December 12, 2013.
14. Zoubris has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He owns a family business on Montreal's Park Avenue, is president of the Park Avenue Merchants Association, and has served on the board of the Hellenic Community of Montreal and Projet Montréal. See Board of Directors, Projet Montréal, accessed December 12, 2013.

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