Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun

Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun (EAC) (English: Team Andrée Champoux for Verdun) is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party contested seats on the Verdun borough council in the 2013 Montreal municipal election.

Party leader

As its name implies, EAC is led by Andrée Champoux, who was also its candidate for borough mayor in 2013. Champoux had previously been elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2009 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of Union Montreal. She left the party on December 4, 2012, after its leader, Gérald Tremblay, resigned from office amid scandal.^[1]

When Verdun borough mayor Claude Trudel also resigned from office in the same period, Champoux put forward her name to become his successor. She was defeated by city councillor Ginette Marotte in a four-to-two vote among the remaining borough council members.^[2]

2013 election

After serving for several months as an independent, Champoux formed EAC in 2013. The party's campaign slogan in that year's municipal election was «citoyens d’abord» (English: "citizens first").^[3] During the campaign, Champoux outlined her party's approaches to subjects such as public transit on Nuns' Island and poverty reduction.^[4]

She was defeated in the mayoral contest, and none of the EAC's candidates for city council and borough council were elected.

Election results

Electoral District	Eligible voters	Position	Turnout	Candidates													Incumbent	Result
					Équipe Coderre		Coalition		Projet Montréal		OVM		VCM		Other
—	47,677	Borough mayor	44.74%		Jean-François Parenteau 5,147 (24.81%)		Alain Tassé 2,902 (13.99%)		Mary Ann Davis 4,594 (22.14%)		André Savard 2,669 (12.86%)		Mourad Bendjennet 3,645 (17.57%)		Andrée Champoux (EAC) 1,549 (7.47%) Jency Mercier (IM) 139 (0.67%) Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.) 102 (0.49%)		Ginette Marotte	EDC gain from Ind.
Champlain –L'Île-des-Sœurs	25,660	City councillor	45.60%		Manon Gauthier 2,972 (26.25%)		André Julien 1,612 (14.24%)		Jack L. Kugelmass 2,195 (19.39%)		Marc Touchette 833 (7.36%)		Mathieu Bélanger 2,643 (23.34%)		Jacques Gendron (EAC) 1,067 (9.42%)		Vacant	EDC gain
		Borough councillor I	45.64%		Pierre L'Heureux 3,051		Paul Beaupré 1,782		Dolores Durbau 2,149		Charles Côté 984		Jacline Leroux 2,514		Carole Anctil (EAC) 752 Abdulilah Kassem (Ind.) 109		Paul Beaupré	EDC gain from CM
		Borough councillor II	45.68%		Marie-Eve Brunet 3,051		Jean-Pierre Boivin 1,886		Stefana Lamasanu 2,313		Luce Latendresse 800		Stéphanie Raymond-Bougie 2,617		Béatrice Guay Pepper (EAC) 684		Andrée Champoux	EDC gain from EAC
Desmarchais-Crawford	22,017	City councillor	43.68%		Sébastien Dhavernas 2,095		Françoise Gloutnay 1,082		Sterling Downey 2,306		Richard Langlais 1,523		Marie-Josée Parent 1,917		France Caya (EAC) 376		Alain Tassé	PM gain from CM
		Borough councillor I	43.67%		Michelle Tremblay 2,141		Monique Trudel 1,228		Luc Gagnon 2,329		Joanne Poulin 1,431		Gladys Negret 1,773		Michèle L'Allier-Davies (EAC) 387		Ann Guy	PM gain from Ind.
		Borough councillor II	43.67%		Philippe Sarrasin 2,018		Rielle Lévesque 1,060		Marie-Andrée Mauger 2,422		Robert Auger 1,510		André-Yanne Parent 1,878		Mamad Raheemeea (EAC) 409		André Savard	PM gain from OVM

References

1. Tracey Ariel, "Ginette Marotte new mayor of Verdun", The Suburban, 19 December 2012, accessed 17 December 2013; Pierre Lussier, "Mairie de Verdun: que nous réserve 2013?", Le Reflet du Lac, 2 January 2013, accessed 14 December 2013.
2. Pierre Lussier, "Ginette Marotte, élue maire de Verdun", Le Messager Verdun, 12 December 2012, accessed 12 December 2013.
3. Un nouveau parti pour Verdun, Métro, 12 September 2013, accessed 14 December 2013.
4. "Question à Andrée Champoux – Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun, candidate à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Messager Verdun, 30 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013; "Question à Andrée Champoux – Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun, candidate à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Magazine de L'île des Soeurs, 29 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013.