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Canadian politician
Eloyan in 2011

Noushig Eloyan is a Canadian politician, who served on the Montreal City Council from 1994 to 2009 and ran for the Canadian Parliament for the electoral riding of Ahuntsic in the May 2, 2011 elections as a member of the federal Liberal Party of Canada.

Background

Eloyan was born in Syria and immigrated to Canada in 1976. She is of Armenian descent.

Member of the Bourque administration

In 1994 she ran for a seat on the city council under the Vision Montreal banner in the district of Acadie. She won with 45 per cent of the vote as Pierre Bourque became Mayor of Montreal. She served as Montreal's chairperson of the executive committee from 1994 to 1998. She was re-elected in 1998 with 58 per cent of the vote.

Leader of the Opposition

Even though Vision Montreal lost the 2001 election, Eloyan managed to win re-election as city councillor. She ran in the district of Cartierville and received 53% of the vote. She served as borough mayor of Ahuntsic-Cartierville until 2005. She was re-elected to the council with 49% of the ballots in that same year in the district of Bordeaux-Cartierville.

When Bourque retired from politics in May 2006, Eloyan became Leader of the Opposition.

In May 2008, she confirmed her desire to leave office as leader of the opposition in Montreal and was replaced by Benoit Labonté, then borough mayor of Ville-Marie. She did not run again in the 2009 Montreal municipal election, and her seat was taken by Harout Chitilian of Union Montréal.

Electoral record (incomplete)

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Maria Mourani 14,908 31.80 -7.68
New Democratic Chantal Reeves 14,200 30.29 +21.32
Liberal Noushig Eloyan 13,087 27.91 -10.68
Conservative Constantin Kiryakidis 3,770 8.04 -2.32
Green Ted Kouretas 620 1.32 -1.25
Rhinoceros Jean-Olivier Berthiaume 299 0.64 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 46,884 100.00
Total rejected ballots 516 1.09 -
Turnout 47,400 64.98 -0.66
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -14.50


2005 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Bordeaux-Cartierville division
Party Candidate Votes %
Vision Montreal (x)Noushig Eloyan 4,136 49.44
Montreal Island Citizens Union James Kromida 3,648 43.61
Projet Montréal Annik Collin 582 6.96
Total valid votes 8,366 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Footnotes

  1. Noushig Eloyan is new opposition leader at city hall, The Gazette, May 4, 2000
Political offices
Preceded byLéa Cousineau (RCM) Chairperson of the Executive Committee
1994-1998 		Succeeded byJean Fortier (Vision Montreal)


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