2009 Montreal municipal election

2009 Montreal municipal election

November 2, 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%
Results for city council
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 November 1, 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

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. An Angus Reid poll [2] shortly prior to the election put its leader Richard Bergeron neck-and-neck (32%) with the two other main candidates (34% for Harel, 30% for Tremblay). 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 October 2 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	[1]^[permanent dead link‍]
	Ethnic Party of Montréal Parti ethnique de Montréal	EPM	0	2	0	2	[2]
	Équipe Louise O'Sullivan - Parti Montréal - Ville-Marie	PMVM	4	21	8	33	[3]
	Parti d'Outremont	PO	0	0	3	3	[4]^[permanent dead link‍]
	Équipe Bédard - Fierté Montréal Team Bédard - Montreal Pride Party	MPP	0	1	0	1
	Projet Montréal	PM	18	46	38	102	[5]
	Renouveau municipal de Montréal	RMM	1	2	2	5
	Équipe Tremblay - Union Montréal	UM	18	46	38	102	[6]
	Parti Ville LaSalle	PVL	1	2	4	7	[7]
	Équipe Harel - Vision Montréal	VM	18	45	38	101	[8]
	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%)[3]		Noushig Eloyan	UM gain from VM
Saint-Sulpice	21,605	City councillor	9,074 42.00%		Martin Bazinet 2,546 (29.25%)[4]		Jocelyn Ann Campbell 3,099 (35.60%)		Jean-Jacques Lapointe 3,060 (35.15%)[5]				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	13,902 46.72%		Yves Laporte 2,284 (17.19%)		Andrée Hénault 6,781 (51.03%)		Danielle Boulet 4,223 (31.78%)				Andrée Hénault	UM hold
Centre	11,083	Borough councillor	5,329 48.08%		Slimane Bah 857 (16.88%)		Michelle Zammit 2,722 (53.60%)		Badiona Bazin 1,499 (29.52%)				Michelle Zammit	UM hold
East	8,896	Borough councillor	4,062 45.66%		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	9,774	Borough councillor	4,488 45,92%		Alexis Rochon 812 (18.92%)		Gilles Beaudry 2,342 (54.58%)		Souad Bounakhla 1,137 (26.50%)				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
—	95,431	Borough mayor	34,441 36.09%		Carole Dupuis 8,678 (26.01%)		Michael Applebaum 17,409 (52.19%)		Brenda Mae Paris 5,686 (17.04%)		Jacqueline Sommereyns (PMVM) 1,586 (4.75%)		Michael Applebaum	UM hold
Côte-des-Neiges	16,773	City councillor	6,434 38.36%		Magda Popeanu 2,111 (33.81%)		Helen Fotopulos Co-candidate[6] for Gérald Tremblay 2,607 (41.75%)		Amelia Salehabadi 1,382 (22.13%)		Ziyad Almbasher (PMVM) 144 (2.31%)		Francine Sénécal	UM hold
Darlington	17,474	City councillor	5,584 31.96%		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	21,962	City councillor	7,740 35.24%		Cymry Jean Gomery 1,476 (19.47%)		Susan Clarke 2,525 (33.31%)		Hubert Gallet 566 (7.47%)		Jeremy Searle (Ind.) 2,270 (29.94%) George Pentsos (PMVM) 744 (9.81%)		Warren Allmand	UM hold
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	20,561	City councillor	8,400 40.85%		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	18,661	City councillor	6,240 33.44%		Daniel Grenon 1,064 (17.79%)		Marvin Rotrand 3,578 (59.82%)		Frédéric Tremblay 939 (15.70%)		Carmen Dan (PMVM) 400 (6.69%)		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[7]		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
—	30,441	Borough mayor	12,044 39.57%		Gilles Lortie 2,040 (17.45%)		Claude Dauphin 7,407 (63.37%)		Carolina Caruso 2,242 (19.18%)				Claude Dauphin	UM hold
		City councillor	12 033 39.53%		Daniel Racicot 2,589 (22.28%)		Jane Cowell-Poitras 6,839 (58.86%)		Zhao Xin Wu 2,191 (18.86%)				Jane Cowell-Poitras	UM hold
Du Canal	9,905	Borough councillor	3,558 35.92%		John Symon 560 (16.38%)		Lise Poulin 1,485 (43.45%)		Robert Monaco 727 (21.27%)		Robert Farineau (Ind.) 499 (14.60%) Mario Lavigne (Ind.) 147 (4.30%)		Elizabeth Verge	UM hold
Fort-Rolland	10,360	Borough councillor	4,937 47.65%		Jody Anne Negley 1,036 (21.67%)		Jean-François Cloutier 2,765 (57.85%)		Claude de Lanauze 979 (20.48%)				Jean-François Cloutier	UM hold
J.-Émery-Provost	10,176	Borough councillor	3,539 34.78%		Marc-André Rivest 572 (16.74%)		Bernard Blanchet 2,221 (65.00%)		Raymond Dufort 624 (18.26%)				Bernard Blanchet	UM hold

LaSalle

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	51,861	Borough mayor	19,848 38.27%		Olivier Lafontaine 2,151 (11.31%)		Manon Barbe 9,359 (49.19%)		Michael Vadacchino 5,133 (26.98%)		Oksana Kaluzny (PVL) 2,383 (12.52%)		Manon Barbe	UM hold
Cecil-P.-Newman	26,280	City councillor	9,341 35.54%		Dominique Matte 1,154 (13.01%)		Alvaro Farinacci 4,077 (45.97%)		Carlo Mannarino 2,113 (23.83%)		Francisco Moreno (PVL) 1,195 (13.48%) Saroj Kumar Dash (PMVM) 329 (3.71%)		Alvaro Farinacci	UM hold
		Borough councillor I	9,340 35.54%		Livia James 1,109 (12.65%)		Vincenzo Cesari 4,145 (47.30%)		Enrico Pace 2,150 (24.53%)		Giovanni Butterin (PVL) 1,360 (15.52%)		Vincenzo Cesari	UM hold
		Borough councillor II	9,333 35.51%		Julien Demers 977 (11.11%)		Josée Troilo 3,692 (41.99%)		Jocelyne Bénard 1,948 (22.16%)		Mario Orlando (PVL) 1,471 (16.73%) Vas Karkavilas (PMVM) 704 (8.01%)		Michael Vadacchino	UM gain from VM
Sault-Saint-Louis	25,581	City councillor	10,607 41.46%		Frédéric Demers 1,318 (12.96%)		Richard Deschamps 4,835 (47.55%)		Pierre Lussier 2,489 (24.48%)		Éric Tremblay (PVL) 1,113 (10.95%) Cécile Duhamel (PMVM) 414 (4.07%)		Richard Deschamps	UM hold
		Borough councillor I	10,631 41.56%		Gregory Abel 1,217 (11.97%)		Ross Blackhurst 5,019 (49.38%)		Yves Desparois 2,495 (24.55%)		Mariya Pasternak (PVL) 1,042 (10.25%) Gerald Wityshyn (PMVM) 391 (3.85%)		Ross Blackhurst	UM hold
		Borough councillor II	10,615 41.50%		Benoît Couturier 1,357 (13.45%)		Laura-Ann Palestini 4,571 (45.30%)		Gilbert Vachon 2,770 (27.45%)		Devon Wyre (PVL) 920 (9.12%) Lise Furlatt (PMVM) 472 (4.68%)		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%)[8]		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%)[9]		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 2,569 (26.28%)		Christian Giguère 1,966 (20.11%)		Monique Comtois-Blanchet Co-candidate[6] for Louise Harel 5,239 (53.60%)				Claire St-Arnaud	VM gain from UM
Tétreaultville	24,932	City councillor	10,748 43.11%		Suzie Miron 3,196 (30.79%)		Serge Malaison 2,414 (23.26%)		Gaëtan Primeau 4,770 (45.95%)				Gaëtan Primeau	VM hold

Montréal-Nord

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	53,098	Borough mayor	17,762 33.45%		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	27,807	City councillor	9,529 34.27%		Hugues Surprenant 1,456 (16.13%)		Clementina Teti-Tomassi 3,410 (37.77%)		Marc L. Fortin 2,817 (31.20%)		Louis Pelletier (RMM) 1,345 (14.90%)		James Infantino	UM hold
		Borough councillor	9,506 34.19%		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	25,291	City councillor	8,162 32.27%		Judith Houedjissin 920 (11.96%)		Jean-Marc Gibeau 3,787 (49.21%)		Brunilda Reyes 2,035 (26.45%)		Réjean Loyer (RMM) 953 (12.38%)		Jean-Marc Gibeau	UM hold
		Borough councillor	8,175 32.32%		Nicolas Bergeron 1,140 (14.89%)		Monica Ricourt 3,313 (43.28%)		Guerline Rigaud 2,020 (26.39%)		Lynn Boulerice (RMM) 993 (12.97%) Henri-Paul Bernier (Ind.) 189 (2.47%)		Normand Fortin	UM hold

Outremont

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	15,431	Borough mayor	8,480 54.95%		Étienne Coutu 1,990 (24.04%)		Marie Cinq-Mars 3,803 (45.95%)		Paul-André Tétreault 2,484 (30.01%)				Marie Cinq-Mars	UM hold
Claude-Ryan	4,108	Borough councillor	2,070 50.39%		Mylène Freeman 305 (15.02%)		Louis Moffatt 912 (44.90%)		Duncan Robert Seebold 362 (17.82%)		Jean de Julio-Paquin (PO) 452 (22.26%)		Louis Moffatt	UM hold
Jeanne-Sauvé	3,654	Borough councillor	2,061 56.40%		Jérôme Bugel 419 (20.97%)		Ana Nunes 654 (32.73%)		Marc Vanier Vincent 527 (26.38%)		Pierre Simard (PO) 398 (19.92%)		Ana Nunes	UM hold
Joseph-Beaubien	4,207	Borough councillor	2,452 58.28%		Denisa Baranceanu 380 (15.75%)		Claude B. Piquette 666 (27.60%)		Louise Gagné 597 (24.74%)		Céline Forget (Ind.) 770 (31.91%)		Claude B. Piquette	Ind. gain from UM
Robert-Bourassa	3,462	Borough councillor	1,899 54.85%		Angèle Richer 296 (15.90%)		Marie Potvin 785 (42.16%)		Alain Tittley 501 (26.91%)		Jean Girouard (PO) 280 (15.04%)		Marie Potvin	UM hold

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

 

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates									Incumbent	Result
					Projet Montréal		Union Montréal		Vision Montréal		Other
—	45,454	Borough mayor	13,654 30.04%		Michael Labelle 4,483 (33.77%)		Monique Worth 7,065 (53.22%)		Latif Zaki 1,728 (13.02%)				Monique Worth	UM hold
East	24,127	City councillor	7,464 30.94%		Miguel Roman 2,188 (30.35%)		Christian G. Dubois 3,722 (51.63%)		Mustapha Kachani 1,299 (18.02%)				Christian G. Dubois	UM hold
		Borough councillor	7,477 30.99%		Eva Salem Nakouzi 1,913 (26.56%)		Dimitrios Jim Beis 3,585 (49.77%)		Nathalie Morin 1,705 (23.67%)				Roger Trottier	UM hold
West	21,327	City councillor	6,196 29.05%		Eric McCarty 1,941 (32.23%)		Bertrand A. Ward 3,264 (54.20%)		Olivier Manceau 817 (13.57%)				Bertrand A. Ward	UM hold
		Borough councillor	6,197 29.06%		Lisa Ann Cardi 1,940 (32.29%)		Catherine Clément-Talbot 3,260 (54.26%)		Alexandre Pagé-Chassé 808 (13.45%)				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
—	66,556	Borough mayor	28,920 43.45%		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	23,602	City councillor	11,238 47.61%		Josée Duplessis 5,403 (49.51%)		Constance Ramacieri 1,391 (12.75%)[10]		Martine Hébert 3,907 (35.80%)[11]		Antoine Bilodeau (PMVM) 211 (1.93%)[12]		Richard Bergeron	PM hold
		Borough councillor	11,237 47.61%		Carl Boileau 5,242 (48.12%)		Marc-Nicolas Kobrynsky 1,484 (13.62%)		Christine Fréchette 4,168 (38.26%)[13]				Josée Duplessis	PM hold
Jeanne-Mance	21,235	City councillor	8,401 39.56%		Nimâ Machouf Co-candidate[6] for Richard Bergeron 3,271 (39.90%)		Michel Prescott 1,806 (22.03%)		Nathalie Rochefort 2,404 (29.32%)		Marc-Boris St-Maurice (Ind.) 548 (6.68%) Marc-André Bahl (PMVM) 170 (2.07%)		Michel Prescott	PM gain from UM
		Borough councillor	8,405 39,58%		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	21,719	City councillor	9,251 42.59%		Alex Norris 4,262 (47.51%)		Robert Pilon 1,885 (21.01%)		Pierre Marquis 2,552 (28.45%)		Juliana Contreras (PMVM) 272 (3.03%)		Michel Labrecque	PM gain from UM
		Borough councillor	9,253 (42.60%		Richard Ryan 4,349 (48.52%)		Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis 2,059 (22.97%)		Michel Pauzé 2,555 (28.51%)				Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis	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
—	77,592	Borough mayor	30,964 39.91%		Thérèse Deschambault 5,845 (19.69%)		Joe Magri 12,250 (41.27%)		Chantal Rouleau 10,770 (36.28%)		Michel Daoust (Ind.) 817 (2.75%)		Cosmo Maciocia	UM hold
La Pointe-aux-Prairies	28,255	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	24,747	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	24,590	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
—	96,802	Borough mayor	43,900 45.35%		Patrick Cigana 13,902 (32.74%)		André Lavallée 13,477 (31.74%)		François Croteau 15,077 (35.51%)				André Lavallée	VM gain from UM
Étienne-Desmarteau	23,834	City councillor	11,323 47.51%		Marc-André Gadoury 4,295 (39.17%)		Carole Du Sault 2,515 (22.94%)		Rémy Trudel 4,154 (37.89%)				Carole Du Sault	PM gain from UM
Marie-Victorin	23,106	City councillor	10,511 45.49%		Michel Desmarais 2,363 (23.41%)		Carle Bernier-Genest 3,147 (31.18%)		Élaine Ayotte 4,584 (45.41%)				Carle Bernier-Genest	VM gain from UM
Saint-Édouard	24,500	City councillor	10,675 43.57%		François Limoges 4,816 (46.52%)		Nicole McNeil 2,045 (19.75%)		Atïm Leon 3,206 (30.97%)		Francine Faucher (PMVM) 285 (2.75%)		François Purcell	PM gain from UM
Vieux-Rosemont	25,362	City councillor	11,407 44.98%		Christine Gosselin 3,736 (33.87%)		Gilles Grondin 2,620 (23.75%)		Pierre Lampron 4,674 (42.38%)				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	9,328 32.13%		Frances Kotar 1,493 (16.48%)		Maurice Cohen 6,086 (67.20%)		Guillaume Benoit-Gagné 1,478 (16.32%)				Maurice Cohen	UM hold
Norman-McLaren	27,717	City councillor	9,469 34.16%		Mohammed Benzaria 1,505 (16.70%)		Aref Salem 5,166 (57.32%)		Joan Adams 1,822 (20.22%)		Alain Ackad (PMVM) 520 (5.77%)		Patricia Bittar	UM hold
		Borough councillor	9,441 34.06%		Léonard Langlois 1,771 (19.73%)		Michèle D. Biron 5,590 (62.28%)		Nezar Hammoud 1,614 (17.98%)				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%)[14]		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%)[15]		Michel Bissonnet	UM hold
Saint-Léonard-Est	21,159	City councillor	8,294 39.20%		Franco Fiori 947 (12.21%)[16]		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%)[17]		Lili-Anne Tremblay 4,429 (57.86%)		Marie-Lourdes Louis 1,162 (15.18%)[18]		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%)[19]		Dominic Perri 6,524 (66.69%)		Najat Boughaba 1,330 (13.60%)[20]		Rocco De Robertis (ACM) 1,155 (11.81%)[21]		Dominic Perri	UM hold
		Borough councillor	10,500 38.65%		Martin Lavallée 1,095 (11.09%)[22]		Mario Battista 6,653 (67.39%)		Carmelo De Stefano 1,408 (14.26%)[23]		Luis Ruivo (ACM) 717 (7.26%)[24]		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	17,853 36.32%		Mudi Wa Mbuji Kabeya 3,275 (19.24%)[25]		Nicole Boudreau 4,798 (28.19%)		Benoit Dorais 4,826 (28.35%)		Line Hamel (Ind.) 3,586 (21.07%) Camillien Delisle (Ind.) 537 (3.15%)[26]		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%)[27]		Pierre Fréchette 2,538 (28.43%)[28]		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 2,765 (30.92%)		Danielle Godbout 2,444 (27.33%)		Paul-Émile Rioux 2,524 (28.23%)		Émilie Bordat (Ind.) 645 (7.21%) Sean Murphy (PMVM) 564 (6.31%)		Pierre E. Fréchette	PM gain from UM
Saint-Paul–Émard	21,959	City councillor	8,543 38.90%		Marie-Pascale Deegan 1,949 (24.27%)		Daniel Bélanger 3,063 (38.14%)		Benjamin Cartier 3,018 (37.58%)				Jean-Yves Cartier	UM gain from VM
		Borough councillor	8,558 38.97%		Hélène Leblanc 1,744 (21.52%)		Diane Robitaille Pignoloni 2,494 (30.78%)		Huguette Roy 2,574 (31.77%)		Ronald Bossy (Ind.) 1,291 (15.93%)		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 2,250 (24.11%)		Paul Beaupré 3,455 (37.02%)		André Julien 3,070 (32.89%)		Rickie Richard (PMVM) 559 (5.99%)		Paul Beaupré	UM hold
		Borough councillor II	9,716 39.47%		Ken McLaughlin 2,180 (23.28%)		Andrée Champoux 3,308 (35.32%)		Pierre L'Heureux 3,270 (34.92%)		Pierre Rousseau (PMVM) 607 (6.48%)		Marc Touchette	UM hold
Desmarchais-Crawford	22,523	City councillor	8,334 37.00%		Mathieu Boisvert 1,901 (23.61%)		Alain Tassé 3,115 (38.69%)		Antoine Richard 2,429 (30.17%)		Jeannette Lafrance (PMVM) 606 (7.53%)		Alain Tassé	UM hold
		Borough councillor I	8,351 37.08%		Xavier Mondor 1,837 (22.84%)		Ann Guy 2,922 (36.33%)		Jean-François Parenteau 2,784 (34.61%)		Diane Schinck (PMVM) 501 (6.23%)		Josée Lavigueur Thériault	UM hold
		Borough councillor II	8,350 37.07%		Beatriz Guarin 1,752 (21.72%)		André Savard 3,234 (40.09%)		Michelle Tremblay 2,691 (33.36%)		Robert Couturier (PMVM) 390 (4.83%)		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)[29]										Benoit Labonté	VM loss to redistricting
Peter-McGill	18,201	City councillor	5,179 28.45%		David-Roger Gagnon 701 (13.77%)		Sammy Forcillo 1,951 (38.33%)		Denise Dussault 618 (12.14%)		Karim Boulos (Ind.): 1,239 (24.34%) Fergus Keyes (PMVM) — Co-candidate[6] for Louise O'Sullivan: 529 (10.39%) Martin Boyer (Ind.): 52 (1.02%)		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 2,237 (29.48%)		Catherine Sévigny 1,965 (25.90%)		François Robillard 3,127 (41.21%)		Gérald Yane (PMVM) 259 (3.41%)	Position created		VM gain
Sainte-Marie	15,761	City councillor	6,245 39.62%		Pierre Mainville 3,689 (64.94%)		Yves Pelletier 1,144 (20.14%)[30]		Benoit Labonté Candidacy withdrawn[31]		Milan Mirich (MPP) — Co-candidate[6] for Michel Bédard: 344 (6.06%) Frederic Rappaz (Ind.): 259 (4.56%)[32] Rim Zid (PMVM): 245 (4.31%)[33]	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
—	87,788	Borough mayor	33,926 38.65%		Nicolas Thibodeau 7,452 (23.06%)		Marcel Tremblay 10,709 (33.14%)		Anie Samson 12,800 (39.61%)		Beverly Bernardo (Ind.) 705 (2.18%) Jacques Brisebois (Ind.) 653 (2.02%)		Anie Samson	VM hold
François-Perrault	22,228	City councillor	8,332 37.48%		Marie-Josée Beauchamp 2,219 (27.97%)		Frank Venneri 2,877 (36.26%)		Harry Delva[34] 2,556 (32.22%)		Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin (Ind.) 282 (3.55%)		Frank Venneri	UM hold
Parc-Extension	19,913	City councillor	7,166 35.99%		Bernarda Klatt 899 (13.11%)		Mary Deros 3,476 (50.69%)		Costa Zafiropoulos 1,608 (23.45%)		George Lemontzoglou (EPM) 534 (7.79%) Moshfiqur Rahman Khan (Ind.) 215 (3.14%) Sorin Vasile Iftode (PMVM) 126 (1.84%)		Mary Deros	UM hold
Saint-Michel	21,770	City councillor	7,111 32.66%		Jack Thierry Morency 891 (13.35%)		Frantz Benjamin 2,898 (43.41%)		Soraya Martinez 2,478 (37.12%)		Valentino Nelson (PMVM) 409 (6.13%)		Soraya Martinez	UM gain from VM
Villeray	23,877	City councillor	11,301 47,33%		Éric Daoust 2,936 (26.69%)		Sylvain Lachance 1,895 (17.23%)		Elsie Lefebvre 5,972 (54.29%)		Luis Corcuera (EPM) 198 (1.80%)		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

1. CBC News (October 22, 2009). "Quebec to create special corruption squad". Retrieved October 25, 2009.
2. "Tight race for Montreal mayor". CTV. October 30, 2009.
3. Gentile was a first-time candidate. See Véronique Leduc, "Présentation des candidats du district de Bordeaux-Cartierville" Courier Ahuntsic/Bordeaux-Cartierville, October 1, 2009, accessed February 5, 2013.
4. 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 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Projet Montréal, April 25, 2013, accessed July 11, 2013.
5. 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, August 25, 2009, accessed July 11, 2009; Pascal LeBlanc, "Présentation des candidats du district de Saint-Sulpice," Courrier Ahuntsic, 9 October 2009, accessed 11 July 2013
6. "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.
7. Élection Montréal. "Retrait de la candidature de M. Christian Prévost." October 22, 2009.
8. 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, October 23, 2005, A5.
9. 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^[permanent dead link‍], Projet Montréal. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
10. 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, November 16, 2012.
11. 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, September 5, 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.
12. 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.
13. 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, November 18, 2004, p. 1; Jean-François Lisée, Government of Quebec, accessed April 24, 2013; Christine Fréchette Archived May 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal, accessed April 24, 2013.
14. 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, September 19, 2007, FP10; Candidat - Nicolas Marchildon^[permanent dead link‍], cyberpress.ca, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2011; Guillaume Picard, "Saint-Léonard", Progrès Saint-Léonard, October 27, 2009, accessed August 14, 2011.
15. 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, October 27, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2011; Official results - Saint-Léonard borough, Septembre 21, 2008, City of Montreal, accessed August 14, 2011.
16. 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 Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 22, 2011; Candidat - Franco Fiori^[permanent dead link‍], cyberpresse.ca, 2009, accessed September 13, 2011.
17. 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, October 16, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
18. 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, October 16, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
19. 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, October 16, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2011; Biographie: Souad El Haous Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Projet Montréal, accessed September 28, 2011.
20. 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, February 12, 2007, p. 1; Jeff Heinrich, "Diverse portraits of modern Quebec; Bouchard-Taylor. Protesters disrupt open-mike forum," Montreal Gazette, November 28, 2007, p. 8; Mariève Tremblay, "Dr Najat Boughaba est de tous les combats", Progrès Saint-Léonard, January 8, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2011; Candidat - Najat Boughaba^[permanent dead link‍], cyberpresse.ca, accessed September 28, 2011.
21. 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, October 16, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2011; "Election 2005 Results: Montreal & Suburbs," Montreal Gazette, November 7, 2005, p. 10.
22. Martin Lavallée identified as a cook. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", October 19, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
23. 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", October 19, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2011; Candidat - Carmelo de Stefano^[permanent dead link‍], cyberpress.ca, 2009, accessed September 13, 2011.
24. Luis Ruivo was an entrepreneur and first-time candidate. See Guillaume Picard, "Candidats au poste de conseiller d'arrondissement", October 19, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2011; Steve Caron, "L'Action civique Saint-Léonard fait son apparition", Progrès Saint-Léonard, September 9, 2009, accessed September 13, 2011.
25. 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 April 30, 2013; and Conseil de direction Archived April 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Projet Montréal, accessed April 30, 2013.
26. 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, October 30, 1985, A4.
27. 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 July 10, 2013.
28. 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, November 25, 2005, A7.
29. 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.
30. Pelletier had previously worked for Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Martin Lemay. See Martin Croteau, "Forcillo brigue un nouveau mandat"^[permanent dead link‍], cyberpresse.ca, August 29, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
31. Élection Montréal. "Message aux électeurs du district de Sainte-Marie." October 18, 2009.
32. 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"^[usurped], canoe.ca, April 19, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
33. Zid's campaign was focused in part on facilitating employment for the homeless. See "Soirée électorale Sainte-Marie – Saint-Jacques: Questions.
34. 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, October 3, 2004, A1; Paul Cherry, "Province offers funding for street gang problem," Montreal Gazette, December 8, 2007, A6; "Harry Delva se lance en politique avec Louise Harel", Radio-Canada, October 1, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2011; Lison Budzyn, "Harry Delva: «Je serai un conseiller patrouilleur!»" Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Journal de Saint-Michel, September 23, 2009, accessed August 25, 2011; Montreal Community Contact, February 3, 2011, Volume 21, Issue 3, p. 8.

External links

• Élection Montréal 2009
• Official election results