Montreal municipal election, 2005

Montreal municipal election, 2005

6 November 2005

65 seats in Montreal City Council   First party Second party Third party   Leader Gérald Tremblay Pierre Bourque Richard Bergeron Party Citizens Union Vision Montreal Projet Montréal Leader since 2001 2003 May 28, 2004 Leader's seat Mayor Marie-Victorin DeLorimier Last election 40 seats, 50.37% 31 seats, 45.14% pre-creation Seats won 47 14 1 Seat change +7 -17 Popular vote 202,302 136,769 32,126 Percentage 53.74% 36.33% 8.53% Swing +3.37% -8.81%

Mayor before election Gérald Tremblay Citizens Union Elected Mayor Gérald Tremblay Citizens Union

The 2005 Montreal municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a city mayor, borough mayors, city councillors, and borough councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the contest for mayor of Montreal, Gérald Tremblay was elected to a second term over former mayor Pierre Bourque.

Results

City mayor

Borough mayors

City councillors (incomplete)

Borough councillors (incomplete)

Composition of city and borough councils

Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:

• Mayor of Montreal
• Borough mayor, who is also a city councillor
• A city councillor for the whole borough or for 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

Post-election changes

• Pierre Bourque resigned as councillor for Marie-Victorin in 2006. A by-election was held to choose his replacement on September 24, 2006.

• Frank Zampino resigned as borough mayor of Saint-Leonard in 2008. He was replaced on an interim basis by Yvette Bissonnet. A by-election to choose a permanent replacement was held on September 21, 2008.

• Pierre Lapointe, city councillor for Ahuntsic, died on April 12, 2008.^[1] A by-election to choose his replacement was held on September 21, 2008.

• Michel Hamel was president of a local businessperson's association and a first-time political candidate.^[2]
• Christian Prévost was a first-time municipal candidate. A candidate of the same name ran as an independent for borough mayor of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève in the 2009 municipal election but withdrew from the contest before election day; this may have been the same person.^[3]

Information on the candidates

Vision Montreal

• Jean-Marc Boivin (Saint-Léonard-Est, Saint-Leonard borough council) was a first-time candidate in Montreal.
• Claudia Martinez (Saint-Léonard-Ouest, Saint-Leonard borough council) was a first-time candidate.

Projet Montréal

• Maria Marra (François-Perrault) was a first-time candidate. She remained active with Projet Montréal after the election.^[4]
• Daniel Archambault (Louis-Riel) was a first-time candidate. He continued to work with Projet Montréal in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie after the election.^[5]
• Brian M. Doody (Peter-McGill, Ville-Marie borough councillor) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and moved to Quebec in 1989. He has two Bachelor of Laws degrees from McGill University and a Master of Arts degree in political science from Queen's University, and was pursuing a Ph.D. in political science from the Université de Montréal during the 2005 campaign.^[6] He specializes in electoral reform and has written for journals such as Policy Options.^[7] The 2005 campaign was his first bid for public office.

Seat-by-seat results (incomplete)

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Le Sud-Ouest

Verdun

References

1. ↑ Edited Hansard Number 080, 39th Parliament, 2nd Session - Canadian House of Commons, Parliament of Canada, 16 April 2008.
2. ↑ Véronique Leduc, "Union Montréal présente son candidat, Michel Hamel", Courrier Ahuntsic/Bordeaux-Cartierville, 20 June 2008, accessed 5 February 2013.
3. ↑ Élection Montréal. "Retrait de la candidature de M. Christian Prévost." 22 October 2009.
4. ↑ "Projet Montréal renouvelle son comité local dans l’arrondissement", Le Monde: Journal communautaire Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc Extension, April 2006, accessed 25 August 2011.
5. ↑ Projet Montréal: Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Projet Montréal, accessed 26 November 2011.
6. ↑ "L’heure des choix: Municipales 2005," fugues.com, 27 October 2005, accessed 2 October 2011.
7. ↑ See Brian M. Doody, "The Liberal Minority and the Prospect of an Early Dissolution of Parliament", Policy Options, September 2004, pp. 34-37.
8. ↑ Mongeon-Bourbonnais was a first-time candidate.
9. ↑ Collin was a first-time candidate.
10. ↑ Côté was a first-time candidate.
11. ↑ Arias was a first-time candidate.
12. ↑ Archambault was a first-time candidate. He continued to work with Projet Montréal in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie after the election. See Projet Montréal: Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Projet Montréal, accessed 26 November 2011.
13. ↑ Mitton was a spokesperson for provincial cabinet ministers Serge Ménard and Louise Harel between 2000 and 2002 and continued to work with Harel after her appointment as speaker of the National Assembly of Quebec. She was described in the 2005 election as an ardent Quebec sovereigntist. See Elizabeth Thompson, "Extra vacations for Surete: Contract agreement would give officers three more days off," Montreal Gazette, 21 September 2000, A5; Kevin Dougherty and Alison Hanes, "Harel appointment on hold: PQ has yet to make case for naming her as speaker: Charest," Montreal Gazette, 1 February 2002, A9; Elizabeth Thompson, "MNAs don't have to tell: How they spend their office-budget cash can be kept secret, Supreme Court rules," Montreal Gazette, 2 November 2002, A1; Jeff Heinrich, "Fotopulos confident of team's hold," Montreal Gazette, 7 November 2005, A7.
14. ↑ Trudel is a horticulturalist. See was a first-time candidate in 2005. See Bronwyn Chester, "Casting spells in a parking lot," Montreal Gazette, 30 October 2010, B5.
15. ↑ Cloutier was a first-time candidate.
16. ↑ Winnicki is co-owner of Satay Brothers restaurant in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood. The 2005 campaign was his first bid for public office. See Francois Nadeau, "Les Satay Brothers: le goût du sud-est en plein cœur du sud-ouest!", Le Messager Week-End, 28 June 2012, accessed 10 July 2013.
17. ↑ Veilleux's campaign biography indicates that he attended Université Laval and Université du Québec à Rimouski, is the author of Levure Santé (a book about the health benefits of yeast), and became active in politics through his interest in economic and environmental issues. See Charles Veilleux - Équipe Bourque / Vision Montréal, 26 October 2004 (cached), accessed 10 July 2013.