Montreal municipal election, 2009

Montreal municipal election, 2009

2 November 2009

65 seats in Montreal City Council Turnout 39.44%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Gérald Tremblay Louise Harel Richard Bergeron Party Union Montreal Vision Montreal Projet Montréal Leader since 2001 2009 2004 Leader's seat Mayor Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe Jeanne-Mance Last election 47 seats, 53.74% 14 seats, 36.33% 1 seat, 8.53% Seats before 52 9 1 Seats won 38 16 10 Seat change -14 +7 +9 Popular vote 159,020 137,301 106,768 Percentage 37.90% 32.73% 25.45% Swing -15.84% -3.60% +16.92%

Mayor before election Gérald Tremblay Union Montreal Elected Mayor Gérald Tremblay Union Montreal

The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held a municipal election at the same time as numerous other municipalities in Quebec, on 1 November 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 for borough mayor

Results for city councillor

Results for borough councillor

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. Polls shortly prior to the election put its leader Richard Bergeron neck-and-neck with the two other main candidates. 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

	Candidate	Party	Vote	%
	Gérald Tremblay (incumbent)	Union Montréal	159,020	37.90%
	Louise Harel	Vision Montréal	137,301	32.73%
	Richard Bergeron	Projet Montréal	106,768	25.45%
	Louise O'Sullivan	Parti Montréal - Ville-Marie	8,490	2.02%
	Michel Bédard	Parti Fierté Montréal	5,297	1.26%
	Michel Prairie	Independent	2,648	0.63%
Result: UM hold

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 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

Borough	District	Borough Councillors
		City Councillors					Borough Councillor		Borough Councillor
			Borough Mayor		City Councillor
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Ahuntsic		Pierre Gagnier		Émilie Thuillier
	Bordeaux-Cartierville				Harout Chitilian
	Saint-Sulpice				Jocelyn Ann Campbell
	Sault-au-Récollet				Étienne Brunet
Anjou	Centre		Luis Miranda		Andrée Hénault		Michelle Zammit
	East					Paul-Yvon Perron
	West					Gilles Beaudry
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'Île-Bizard– Sainte-Geneviève	Denis-Benjamin-Viger		Richard Bélanger				Christopher Little
	Jacques-Bizard						François Robert
	Pierre-Foretier						Diane Gibb
	Sainte-Geneviève						Jacques Cardinal
Lachine	Du Canal		Claude Dauphin		Jane Cowell-Poitras		Lise Poulin
	Fort-Rolland					Jean-François Cloutier
	J.-Émery-Provost					Bernard Blanchet
LaSalle	Cecil-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	Marie-Clarac		Gilles Deguire		Clementina Teti-Tomassi		Chantal Rossi
	Ovide-Clermont				Jean-Marc Gibeau		Monica Ricourt
Outremont	Claude-Ryan		Marie Cinq-Mars				Louis Moffatt
	Jeanne-Sauvé						Ana Nunes
	Joseph-Beaubien						Céline Forget
	Robert-Bourassa						Marie Potvin
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	East		Monique Worth		Christian Dubois		Dimitrios Jim Beis
	West				Bertrand Ward		Catherine Clément-Talbot
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	DeLorimier		Luc Ferrandez		Josée Duplessis		Carl Boileau
	Jeanne-Mance				Richard Bergeron		Piper Huggins
	Mile-End				Alex Norris		Richard Ryan
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– La Petite-Patrie	Étienne-Desmarteau		François Croteau		Marc-André Gadoury
	Marie-Victorin				Élaine Ayotte
	Saint-Édouard				François Limoges
	Vieux-Rosemont				Pierre Lampron
Saint-Laurent	Côte-de-Liesse		Alan DeSousa		Laval Demers		Maurice Cohen
	Norman-McLaren				Aref Salem		Michèle Biron
Saint-Léonard	Saint-Léonard-Est		Michel Bissonnet		Robert Zambito		Lili-Anne Tremblay
	Saint-Léonard-Ouest				Dominic Perri		Mario Battista
Le Sud-Ouest	Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne– Pointe-Saint-Charles		Benoit Dorais		Véronique Fournier		Sophie Thiébaut
	Saint-Paul–Émard				Daniel Bélanger		Huguette Roy
Verdun	Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs		Claude Trudel		Ginette Marotte		Paul Beaupré		Andrée Champoux
	Desmarchais-Crawford				Alain Tassé		Ann Guy		André Savard
Ville-Marie	Peter-McGill	(Mayor of Montreal)			Sammy Forcillo
	Saint-Jacques				François Robillard
	Sainte-Marie				Pierre Mainville
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 2 October at 4:30 p.m.

Candidate statistics

Party names are the official ones registered with Élection Montréal.

	Party	Abbrev.	Number of candidates for			Total	Link
			Borough mayor	City councillor	Borough councillor
Total positions open			18	46	38	102
	Action civique Montréal	ACM	1	2	2	5
	Ethnic Party of Montréal Parti ethnique de Montréal	EPM	0	2	0	2
	Équipe Louise O'Sullivan - Parti Montréal - Ville-Marie	PMVM	4	21	8	33
	Parti d'Outremont	PO	0	0	3	3
	Équipe Bédard - Fierté Montréal Team Bédard - Montreal Pride Party	MPP	0	1	0	1
	Projet Montréal	PM	18	46	38	102
	Renouveau municipal de Montréal	RMM	1	2	2	5
	Équipe Tremblay - Union Montréal	UM	18	46	38	102
	Parti Ville LaSalle	PVL	1	2	4	7
	Équipe Harel - Vision Montréal	VM	18	45	38	101
	Independents	Ind	6	17	8	31
Total candidates			67	184	141	392

Results by party

	Party	Abbrev.	Borough mayor						City councillor						Borough councillor						Total seats
			Before	Held	Gained	Lost	After	Net	Before	Held	Gained	Lost	After	Net	Before	Held	Gained	Lost	After	Net	Before	Held	Gained	Lost	After	Net
	Projet Montréal	PM	0	0	2	0	2	+2	1	1	7	0	8	+7	2	1	3	(1)*	4	+2	3	2	13	(1)*	14	+12
	Union Montréal	UM	16	12	0	4	12	-4	36	23	3	12(+1)*	26	-10	33	27	2	6	29	-4	85	62	5	22(+1)*	67	-18
	Vision Montréal	VM	3	2	2	(1)*	4	+1	6	2	10	4	12	+6	3	1	2	2	3	±0	12	5	14	6(+1)*	19	+7
	Independents	Ind.	0	0	0	0	0	±0	2	0	0	2	0	-2	2	0	2	1(+1)*	2	±0	4	0	2	3(+1)*	2	-2
* = seats lost in redistricting of Ville-Marie (see below).

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	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%)[2]		Noushig Eloyan	UM gain from VM
Saint-Sulpice	21,605	City councillor	9,074 42.00%		Martin Bazinet 2,546 (29.25%)[3]		Jocelyn Ann Campbell 3,099 (35.60%)		Jean-Jacques Lapointe 3,060 (35.15%)[4]				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

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	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			Yves Laporte		Andrée Hénault		Danielle Boulet				Andrée Hénault	UM hold
Centre		Borough councillor			Slimane Bah		Michelle Zammit		Badiona Bazin				Michelle Zammit	UM hold
East		Borough councillor			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		Borough councillor			Alexis Rochon		Gilles Beaudry		Souad Bounakhla				Gilles Beaudry	UM hold

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Carole Dupuis 8,678 (26.01%)		Michael Applebaum 17,409 (53.19%)		Brenda Mae Paris 5,686 (17.04%)		Jacqueline Sommereyns (PMVM): 1,586 (4.75%)		Michael Applebaum	UM hold
Côte-des-Neiges		City councillor			Magda Popeanu 2,111 (33.81%)		Helen Fotopulos Co-candidate[5] for Gérald Tremblay 2,607 (41.75%)		Amelia Salehabadi 1,382 (22.13%)		Ziyad Almbasher (PMVM) 144 (2.31%)		Francine Sénécal	UM hold
Darlington		City councillor			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		City councillor			Cymry Jean Gomery		Susan Clarke		Hubert Gallet		George Pentsos (PMVM) Jeremy Searle (Ind)		Warren Allmand	UM hold
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		City councillor			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		City councillor			Daniel Grenon		Marvin Rotrand		Frédéric Tremblay		Carmen Dan (PMVM)		Marvin Rotrand	UM hold

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	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[6]		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

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Gilles Lortie 2,040 (17.45%)		Claude Dauphin 7,407 (63.37%)		Carolina Caruso 2,242 (19.18%)				Claude Dauphin	UM hold
—		City councillor			Daniel Racicot		Jane Cowell-Poitras		Zhao Xin Wu				Jane Cowell-Poitras	UM hold
Du Canal		Borough councillor			John Symon		Lise Poulin		Robert Monaco		Robert Farineau (Ind) Mario Lavigne (Ind)		Elizabeth Verge	UM hold
Fort-Rolland		Borough councillor			Jody Negley		Jean-François Cloutier		Claude de Lanauze				Jean-François Cloutier	UM hold
J.-Émery-Provost		Borough councillor			Marc-André Rivest		Bernard Blanchet		Raymond Dufort				Bernard Blanchet	UM hold

LaSalle

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Olivier Lafontaine		Manon Barbe		Michael Vadacchino		Oksana Kaluzny (PVL)		Manon Barbe	UM hold
Cecil-P.-Newman		City councillor			Dominique Matte		Alvaro Farinacci		Carlo Mannarino		Saroj Kumar Dash (PMVM) Francisco Moreno (PVL)		Alvaro Farinacci	UM hold
		Borough councillor I			Livia James		Vincenzo Cesari		Enrico Pace		Giovanni Butterin (PVL)		Vincenzo Cesari	UM hold
		Borough councillor II			Julien Demers		Josée Troilo		Jocelyne Bénard		Vas Karkavilas (PMVM) Mario Orlando (PVL)		Michael Vadacchino	UM gain from VM
Sault-Saint-Louis		City councillor			Frédéric Demers		Richard Deschamps		Pierre Lussier		Cécile Duhamel (PMVM) Éric Tremblay (PVL)		Richard Deschamps	UM hold
		Borough councillor I			Gregory Abel		Ross Blackhurst		Yves Desparois		Mariya Pasternak (PVL) Gerald Wityshyn (PMVM)		Ross Blackhurst	UM hold
		Borough councillor II			Benoît Couturier		Laura Palestini		Gilbert Vachon		Lise Furlatt (PMVM) Devon Wyre (PVL)		Laura Palestini	UM hold

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	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%)[7]		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%)[8]		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		Christian Giguère		Monique Comtois-Blanchet Co-candidate[5] for Louise Harel				Claire St-Arnaud	VM gain from UM
Tétreaultville	24,932	City councillor	10,748 43.11%		Suzie Miron		Serge Malaison		Gaëtan Primeau				Gaëtan Primeau	VM hold

Montréal-Nord

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			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
Marie-Clarac		City councillor			Hugues Surprenant 1,456		Clementina Teti-Tomassi 3,410		Marc L. Fortin 2,817		Louis Pelletier (RMM) 1,345		James Infantino	UM hold
		Borough councillor			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
Ovide-Clermont		City councillor			Judith Houedjissin 920		Jean-Marc Gibeau 3,787		Brunilda Reyes 2,035		Réjean Loyer (RMM) 953		Jean-Marc Gibeau	UM hold
		Borough councillor			Nicolas Bergeron 1,140		Monica Ricourt 3,313		Guerline Rigaud 2,020		Lynn Boulerice (RMM) 993 Henri-Paul Bernier (Ind) 189		Normand Fortin	UM hold

Outremont

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Étienne Coutu		Marie Cinq-Mars		Paul-André Tétreault				Marie Cinq-Mars	UM hold
Claude-Ryan		Borough councillor			Mylène Freeman		Louis Moffatt		Duncan Robert Seebold		Jean de Julio-Paquin (PO)		Louis Moffatt	UM hold
Jeanne-Sauvé		Borough councillor			Jérôme Bugel		Ana Nunes		Marc Vanier Vincent		Pierre Simard (PO)		Ana Nunes	UM hold
Joseph-Beaubien		Borough councillor			Denisa Baranceanu		Claude B. Piquette		Louise Gagné		Céline Forget (Ind)		Claude B. Piquette	Ind. gain from UM
Robert-Bourassa		Borough councillor			Angèle Richer		Marie Potvin		Alain Tittley		Jean Girouard (PO)		Marie Potvin	UM hold

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Michael Labelle		Monique Worth		Latif Zaki				Monique Worth	UM hold
East		City councillor			Miguel Roman		Christian G. Dubois		Mustapha Kachani				Christian G. Dubois	UM hold
		Borough councillor			Eva Salem Nakouzi		Dimitrios Jim Beis		Nathalie Morin				Roger Trottier	UM hold
West		City councillor			Eric McCarty		Bertrand A. Ward		Olivier Manceau				Bertrand A. Ward	UM hold
		Borough councillor			Lisa Ann Cardi		Catherine Clément-Talbot		Alexandre Pagé-Chassé				Catherine Clément-Talbot	UM hold

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			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
DeLorimier		City councillor			Josée Duplessis 5,403 (49.51%)		Constance Ramacieri 1,391 (12.75%)[9]		Martine Hébert 3,907 (35.80%)[10]		Antoine Bilodeau (PMVM) 211 (1.93%)[11]		Richard Bergeron	PM hold
		Borough councillor			Carl Boileau 5,242 (48.12%)		Marc-Nicolas Kobrynsky 1,484 (13.62%)		Christine Fréchette 4,168 (38.26%)[12]				Josée Duplessis	PM hold
Jeanne-Mance		City councillor			Nimâ Machouf Co-candidate[5] for Richard Bergeron		Michel Prescott		Nathalie Rochefort		Marc-André Bahl (PMVM) Marc-Boris St-Maurice (Ind)		Michel Prescott	PM gain from UM
		Borough councillor			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
Mile End		City councillor			Alex Norris		Robert Pilon		Pierre Marquis		Juliana Contreras (PMVM)		Michel Labrecque	PM gain from UM
		Borough councillor			Richard Ryan		Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis		Michel Pauzé				Eleni Fakotakis	PM gain from UM

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Thérèse Deschambault		Joe Magri		Chantal Rouleau		Michel Daoust (Ind)		Cosmo Maciocia	UM hold
La Pointe-aux-Prairies		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
Pointe-aux-Trembles		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
Rivière-des-Prairies		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

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Patrick Cigana		André Lavallée		François Croteau				André Lavallée	VM gain from UM
Étienne-Desmarteau		City councillor			Marc-André Gadoury		Carole Du Sault		Rémy Trudel				Carole Du Sault	PM gain from UM
Marie-Victorin		City councillor			Michel Desmarais		Carle Bernier-Genest		Élaine Ayotte				Carle Bernier-Genest	VM gain from UM
Saint-Édouard		City councillor			François Limoges		Nicole McNeil		Atim Leon				François Purcell	PM gain from UM
Vieux-Rosemont		City councillor			Christine Gosselin		Gilles Grondin		Pierre Lampron				Gilles Grondin	VM gain from UM

Saint-Laurent

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	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
Côte-de-Liesse	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			Frances Kotar		Maurice Cohen		Guillaume B. Gagné				Maurice Cohen	UM hold
Norman-McLaren	27,717	City councillor			Mohammed Benzaria		Aref Salem		Joan Adams				Patricia Bittar	UM hold
		Borough councillor			Léonard Langlois		Michèle Biron		Nezar Hammoud				Michèle Biron	UM hold

Saint-Léonard

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	48,325	Borough mayor	18,803 38.91%		Nicolas Marchildon 1,325 (7.42%)[13]		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%)[14]		Michel Bissonnet	UM hold
Saint-Léonard-Est	21,159	City councillor	8,294 39.20%		Franco Fiori 947 (12.21%)[15]		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%)[16]		Lili-Anne Tremblay 4,429 (57.86%)		Marie-Lourdes Louis 1,162 (15.18%)[17]		Domenico Moschella (ACM) 1,234 (16.12%)		Robert L. Zambito	UM hold
Saint-Léonard-Ouest	27,166	City councillor	10,487 38.60%		Souad El Haous 773 (7.90%)[18]		Dominic Perri 6,524 (66.69%)		Najat Boughaba 1,330 (13.60%)[19]		Rocco De Robertis (ACM) 1,155 (11.81%)[20]		Dominic Perri	UM hold
		Borough councillor	10,500 38.65%		Martin Lavallée 1,095 (11.09%)[21]		Mario Battista 6,653 (67.39%)		Carmelo De Stefano 1,408 (14.26%)[22]		Luis Ruivo (ACM) 717 (7.26%)[23]		Mario Battista	UM hold

Le Sud-Ouest

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	49,148	Borough mayor	17,848 36.31%		Mudi Wa Mbuji Kabeya 3,275 (19.19%)[24]		Nicole Boudreau 4,821 (28.25%)		Benoit Dorais 4,848 (28.41%)		Line Hamel (Ind) 3,586 (21.01%) Camillien Delisle (Ind) 537 (3.15%)[25]		Jacqueline Montpetit	VM gain from UM
Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles	27,189	City councillor	9,323 34.29%		Steeve Lemay 2,524 (28.27%)[26]		Pierre Fréchette 2,538 (28.43%)[27]		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		Danielle Godbout		Paul-Émile Rioux		Émilie Bordat (Ind) Sean Murphy (PMVM)		Pierre E. Fréchette	PM gain from UM
Saint-Paul–Émard	21,959	City councillor	8,551 38.94%		Marie-Pascale Deegan		Daniel Bélanger		Benjamin Cartier				Jean-Yves Cartier	UM gain from VM
		Borough councillor	8,558 38.97%		Hélène Leblanc		Diane Robitaille Pignoloni		Huguette Roy		Ronald Bossy (Ind)		Ronald Bossy	VM gain from Ind.

Verdun

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	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
Champlain– L'Île-des-Sœurs	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		Paul Beaupré		André Julien		Rickie Richard (PMVM)		Paul Beaupré	UM hold
		Borough councillor II	9,716 39.47%		Ken McLaughlin		Andrée Champoux		Pierre L'Heureux		Pierre Rousseau (PMVM)		Marc Touchette	UM hold
Desmarchais-Crawford	22,523	City councillor	8,334 37.00%		Mathieu Boisvert		Alain Tassé		Antoine Richard		Jeannette Lafrance (PMVM)		Alain Tassé	UM hold
		Borough councillor I	8,351 37.08%		Xavier Mondor		Ann Guy		Jean-François Parenteau		Diane Schinck (PMVM)		Josée Lavigueur Thériault	UM hold
		Borough councillor II	8,350 37.07%		Beatriz Guarin		André Savard		Michelle Tremblay		Robert Couturier (PMVM)		André Savard	UM hold

Ville-Marie

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	n/a	Borough mayor	Elected position abolished (Mayor of Montreal serves as borough mayor)[28]										Benoit Labonté	VM loss to redistricting
Peter-McGill	18,201	City councillor	5,179 28.45%		David-Roger Gagnon		Sammy Forcillo		Denise Dussault		Karim Boulos (Ind) Martin Boyer (Ind) Fergus Keyes (PMVM) — Co-candidate[5] for Louise O'Sullivan		Catherine Sévigny	UM hold
	n/a	Borough councillor	Position abolished										Karim Boulos	Ind. loss to redistricting
Saint-Jacques	20,750	City councillor	7,806 37.62%		Siou Fan Houang		Catherine Sévigny		François Robillard		Gérald Yane (PMVM)	Position created		VM gain
Sainte-Marie	15,761	City councillor	6,245 39.62%		Pierre Mainville 3,689 (65.05%)		Yves Pelletier 1,144 (20.17%)[29]		Benoit Labonté Candidacy withdrawn[30]		Milan Mirich (MPP) — Co-candidate[5] for Michel Bédard 334 (5.89%) Frederic Rappaz (Ind) 259 (4.57%)[31] Rim Zid (PMVM) 245 (4.32%)[32]	Position created		PM gain
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques	n/a	City councillor	Position abolished										Sammy Forcillo	UM loss to redistricting
	n/a	Borough councillor	Position abolished										Pierre Mainville	PM loss to redistricting

Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—		Borough mayor			Nicolas Thibodeau		Marcel Tremblay		Anie Samson		Beverly Bernardo (Ind) Jacques Brisebois (Ind)		Anie Samson	VM hold
François-Perrault		City councillor			Marie-Josée Beauchamp 2,219 (27.97%)		Frank Venneri 2,877 (36.26%)		Harry Delva[33] 2,556 (32.22%)		Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin (Ind) 282 (3.55%)		Frank Venneri	UM hold
Parc-Extension		City councillor			Bernarda Klatt		Mary Deros		Costa Zafiropoulos		Sorin Vasile Iftode (PMVM) Moshfiqur Rahman Khan (Ind) George Lemontzoglou (EPM)		Mary Deros	UM hold
Saint-Michel		City councillor			Jack Thierry Morency		Frantz Benjamin		Soraya Martinez		Valentino Nelson (PMVM)		Soraya Martinez	UM gain from VM
Villeray		City councillor			Éric Daoust		Sylvain Lachance		Elsie Lefebvre		Luis Corcuera (EPM)		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

• Élection Montréal 2009
• Official election results

1. CBC News (22 October 2009). "Quebec to create special corruption squad". Retrieved 25 October 2009.
2. Gentile was a first-time candidate. See Véronique Leduc, "Présentation des candidats du district de Bordeaux-Cartierville" Courier Ahuntsic/Bordeaux-Cartierville, 1 October 2009, accessed 5 February 2013.
3. 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, 25 April 2013, accessed 11 July 2013.
4. 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, 25 August 2009, accessed 11 July 2009; Pascal LeBlanc, "Présentation des candidats du district de Saint-Sulpice," Courrier Ahuntsic, 9 October 2009, accessed 11 July 2013
5. "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.
6. Élection Montréal. "Retrait de la candidature de M. Christian Prévost." 22 October 2009.
7. 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, 23 October 2005, A5.
8. 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 26 November 2011.
9. 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, 16 November 2012.
10. 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, 5 September 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.
11. 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.
12. 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, 18 November 2004, p. 1; Jean-François Lisée, Government of Quebec, accessed 24 April 2013; Christine Fréchette, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal, accessed 24 April 2013.
13. 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, 19 September 2007, FP10; Candidat - Nicolas Marchildon, cyberpress.ca, 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2011; Guillaume Picard, "Saint-Léonard", Progrès Saint-Léonard, 27 October 2009, accessed 14 August 2011.
14. 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, 27 October 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2011; Official results - Saint-Léonard borough, Septembre 21, 2008, City of Montreal, accessed 14 August 2011.
15. 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 22 July 2011; Candidat - Franco Fiori, cyberpresse.ca, 2009, accessed 13 September 2011.
16. 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, 16 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
17. 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, 16 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
18. 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, 16 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2011; Biographie: Souad El Haous, Projet Montréal, accessed 28 September 2011.
19. 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, 12 February 2007, p. 1; Jeff Heinrich, "Diverse portraits of modern Quebec; Bouchard-Taylor. Protesters disrupt open-mike forum," Montreal Gazette, 28 November 2007, p. 8; Mariève Tremblay, "Dr Najat Boughaba est de tous les combats", Progrès Saint-Léonard, 8 January 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2011; Candidat - Najat Boughaba, cyberpresse.ca, accessed 28 September 2011.
20. 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, 16 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2011; "Election 2005 Results: Montreal & Suburbs," Montreal Gazette, 7 November 2005, p. 10.
21. Martin Lavallée identified as a cook. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", 19 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
22. 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", 19 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011; Candidat - Carmelo de Stefano, cyberpress.ca, 2009, accessed 13 September 2011.
23. Luis Ruivo was an entrepreneur and first-time candidate. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", 19 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011; Steve Caron, "L'Action civique Saint-Léonard fait son apparition", Progrès Saint-Léonard, 9 September 2009, accessed 13 September 2011.
24. 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 30 April 2013; and Consel de direction, Projet Montréal, accessed 30 April 2013.
25. 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, 30 October 1985, A4.
26. 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 10 July 2013.
27. 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, 25 November 2005, A7.
28. 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.
29. 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, 29 August 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
30. Élection Montréal. "Message aux électeurs du district de Sainte-Marie." 18 October 2009.
31. Frederic Rappaz is the founder of the website Entendu à Montréal. The 2009 campaign was his first bid for public office. See Marie-France-Lou Lemay, "ENTENDU À MONTRÉAL Les absurdités de la métropole", canoe.ca, 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
32. Zid's campaign was focused in part on facilitating employment for the homeless. See "Soirée électorale Sainte-Marie – Saint-Jacques: Questions.
33. 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, 3 October 2004, A1; Paul Cherry, "Province offers funding for street gang problem," Montreal Gazette, 8 December 2007, A6; "Harry Delva se lance en politique avec Louise Harel", Radio-Canada, 1 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2011; Lison Budzyn, "Harry Delva: «Je serai un conseiller patrouilleur!»", Journal de Saint-Michel, 23 September 2009, accessed 25 August 2011; Montreal Community Contact, 3 February 2011, Volume 21, Issue 3, p. 8.