Montreal municipal election, 2001

Montreal municipal election, 2001

4 November 2001

74 seats in Montreal City Council   First party Second party   Leader Gérald Tremblay Pierre Bourque Party Citizens Union Vision Montreal Leader since 2001 1994 Leader's seat Mayor Marie-Victorin Last election pre-creation 39 seats, 45.52% Seats won 40 31 Seat change   -8 Popular vote 311,451 279,123 Percentage 50.37% 45.14% Swing   -0.38%

Mayor before election Pierre Bourque Vision Montreal Elected Mayor Gérald Tremblay Citizens Union

The 2001 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gérald Tremblay defeated incumbent Pierre Bourque to become mayor of the newly amalgamated city.

All mayoral candidates were also allowed to run for a seat on council, with "alternates" who would assume the council seat if the mayoral candidates were elected to both offices.

Results

Mayor

Council (incomplete)

Borough councils (incomplete)

Composition of city and borough councils

Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:

• Mayor of Montreal
• One, two, or three city councillors for the whole borough or one for each district, who are also borough councillors
• Zero or one additional borough councillors for the whole borough or for each district

Information about the candidates

Montreal Island Citizens Union

• Robert Blondin (Louis-Cyr) appears to have been a first-time candidate. During the 1980s, a person named Robert Blondin chaired the Parti Québécois's riding committee in Saint-Henri and criticized René Lévesque's decision to de-emphasize the party's focus on Quebec sovereignty.^[1] This may have been the same person.
• Gilles Marette (Louis-Riel) was a first time candidate.
• Nancy Boileau (Maisonneuve) is a community activist. In 2000, she sought to initiate a class-action lawsuit on behalf of commuters who had waited in cold weather for city buses that never arrived or were too full to pick up more passengers.^[2] In the 2001 campaign, she campaigned against gentrification and for more affordable housing.^[3]

Vision Montreal

• Lino Colapelle (Saint-Léonard-Est borough council) was a first-time candidate.

White Elephant Party

• Charles Paradis (Jean-Rivard), Daniel Paré (Louis-Cyr) and Denis Fournier (Saint-Léonard) were first-time candidates.^[4]

Independents

• Steve Gentile (Port-Maurice) was a first-time candidate. There is a noted designer in Saint-Leonard named Steve Gentile, though it is not known if this is the same person.^[5]

Seat-by-seat results (incomplete)

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Dorval–L'Île-Dorval

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Montréal-Nord

Verdun

References

1. ↑ Nancy Wood, "Lalonde wins St. Henri with premier's backing," Montreal Gazette, 30 October 1985, A4; Graham Fraser, "Levesque leaves sovereignty issue in doubt for vote," Globe and Mail, 24 September 1984, p. 1.
2. ↑ Uyen Vu, "Drivers, MUCTC ink deal But transit peace hinges on maintenance accord," Montreal Gazette, 6 March 2000, A1.
3. ↑ Paul Cherry, "Pride meets poverty: Ste. Catherine St. E. merchants seek relief from stricken economy," Montreal Gazette, 10 October 2001, A6.
4. ↑ The Montreal Gazette reported in 2004 that a Denis Fournier of Saint-Leonard had drowned while fishing. This may have been the same person. See "Fisherman's body found along river," Montreal Gazette, 21 July 2004, A7.
5. ↑ Maria Puente, "A fairytale re-spun: Designers tell tale of Di's dress," The Province, 28 July 2006, p. 20.
6. ↑ Boileau is a community activist. In 2000, she sought to initiate a class-action lawsuit on behalf of commuters who had waited in cold weather for city buses that never arrived or were too full to pick up more passengers. In the 2001 campaign, she campaigned against gentrification and for more affordable housing. See Paul Cherry, "Pride meets poverty: Ste. Catherine St. E. merchants seek relief from stricken economy," Montreal Gazette, 10 October 2001, A6; Uyen Vu, "Drivers, MUCTC ink deal But transit peace hinges on maintenance accord," Montreal Gazette, 6 March 2000, A1.
7. ↑ Marette was a first-time candidate.