Montreal municipal election, 2001

Montreal municipal election, 2001

4 November 2001

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

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

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

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

Results

Mayor

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Mayor of Montreal Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Gérald Tremblay 311,451 50.37 Vision Montreal (x)Pierre Bourque 279,123 45.14 White Elephant Party Michel Bédard 9,785 1.58 Independent Super Cauchon 8,382 1.36 Independent Pierre Larouche 1,991 0.32 Independent Patricia Métivier 1,809 0.29 Independent Daniel Cormier 1,434 0.23 Independent Ricardo Hrtschan 1,290 0.21 Independent Al Cappe 943 0.15 Independent Daniel Simon 909 0.15 Independent Ian Fitchtenbaum 811 0.13 Independent Samoila Pirau 366 0.06 Total valid votes 618,294 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Council (incomplete)

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Acadie Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal (x)Hasmig Belleli 5,493 59.51 Montreal Island Citizens Union James Kromida 3,737 40.49 Total valid votes 9,230 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Ahuntsic Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal (x)Pierre Lapointe 6,673 65.17 Montreal Island Citizens Union Pierre Lachapelle 3,566 34.83 Total valid votes 10,239 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Jean-Rivard Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Frank Venneri (incumbent) 4,548 58.04 Montreal Island Citizens Union Daniel Boucher 2,968 37.88 White Elephant Party Charles Paradis 320 4.08 Total valid votes 7,836 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Laurier Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Christine Poulin 4,636 57.45 Montreal Island Citizens Union Richard Théorêt (incumbent) 2,945 36.50 White Elephant Party Benoit Mainguy 488 6.05 Total valid votes 8,069 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Louis-Cyr Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Line Hamel 4,773 66.97 Montreal Island Citizens Union Robert Blondin 2,098 29.44 White Elephant Party Daniel Paré 256 3.59 Total valid votes 7,127 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Parc-Extension Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Mary Deros (incumbent) 3,819 48.67 Montreal Island Citizens Union George Vathilakis 2,617 33.35 Independent Sofoklis Rasoulis 1,410 17.97 Total valid votes 7,846 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Plateau-Mont-Royal Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Nicolas Tétrault 5,248 61.66 Montreal Island Citizens Union André Cardinal (incumbent) 2,510 29.49 White Elephant Party Josée Fournier 510 5.99 Independent Ann Farrell 150 1.76 Independent Man Yee Cheung 93 1.09 Total valid votes 8,511 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Point-Saint-Charles Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Jacqueline Montpetit 2,995 50.16 Montreal Island Citizens Union René Labrosse 1,490 24.95 Independent Richard Wafer 1,365 22.86 Independent Lionel Petit 121 2.03 Total valid votes 5,971 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Léonard (three members elected) Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Frank Zampino 20,279 26.29 Montreal Island Citizens Union Yvette Bissonnet 18,438 23.90 Montreal Island Citizens Union Dominic Perri 16,818 21.80 Vision Montreal Vincenzo Arciresi 7,555 9.79 Vision Montreal Basilio Giordano 6,417 8.32 Vision Montreal Louise Blackburn 6,190 8.02 White Elephant Party Denis Fournier 896 1.16 Independent Dolly N. Makambo 557 0.72 Total valid votes 77,150 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Michel Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Paolo Tamburello (incumbent) 5,911 65.24 Montreal Island Citizens Union Nancy Forlini 2,684 29.62 White Elephant Party Thérèse Beaulieu 466 5.14 Total valid votes 9,061 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Sulpice Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal (x)Maurice Beauchamp 6,064 67.56 Montreal Island Citizens Union Salvatore Rubbo 2,912 32.44 Total valid votes 8,976 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Borough councils (incomplete)

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Saint-Leonard borough Councillor, Grande-Prairie division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Robert Zambito 10,034 73.03 Vision Montreal Lino Colapelle 3,705 26.97 Total valid votes 13,739 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

2001 Montreal municipal election results: Saint-Leonard borough Councillor, Port-Maurice division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Mario Battista 7,694 57.78 Vision Montreal Italo Barone 3,274 24.59 Independent Steve Gentile 2,347 17.63 Total valid votes 13,315 100 Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Composition of city and borough councils

Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:

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

Borough	District	Borough Councillors
		City Councillors							Borough Councillor
			City Councillor		City Councillor		City Councillor
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	L'Acadie		Hasmig Belleli
	Ahuntsic		Pierre Lapointe
	Cartierville		Noushig Eloyan
	Saint-Sulpice		Maurice Beauchamp
	Sault-au-Récollet		Achille Polcaro
Anjou	—		Luis Miranda		Carol Beaupré				Andrée Hénault
Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé	Beaurepaire		Roy Kemp						Florence Grassby
	James-Morgan								Anne-Marie Parent
Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Côte-des-Neiges		Francine Senécal
	Darlington		Saulie Zajdel
	Décarie		Marcel Tremblay
	Loyola		Jeremy Searle
	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Michael Appelbaum
	Snowdon		Marvin Rotrand
Côte-Saint-Luc– Hampstead–Montreal West	—		Robert Libman		Dida Berku				Anthony Housefather
Dollard-Des Ormeaux– Roxboro	—		Edward Janiszewski		Howard Zingboim				Zoe Bayouk
Dorval–L'Île-Dorval	Désiré-Girouard		Peter B. Yeomans						Egard A. Rouleau
	Strathmore								Robert M. Bourbeau
L'Île-Bizard– Sainte-Geneviève– Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	Anse-à-l'Orme		Normand Marinacci						Bill Tierney
	Jacques-Bizard								Richard Bélanger
Kirkland	Brunswick		John W. Meaney						Brian Macdonald
	Côte-Sainte-Marie								Michel Gibson
Lachine	—		Claude Dauphin		Jane Cowell-Poitras				Bernard Blanchet
LaSalle	Cecil-P.-Newman		Manon Barbe		Alvaro Farinacci		Richard Deschamps		Michael Vadacchino
	Sault-Saint-Louis					Oksana Kaluzny
Mercier– Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Hochelaga		Luc Larivée
	Longue-Pointe		Claire St-Arnaud
	Louis-Riel		Lyn Faust
	Maisonneuve		Richer Dompierre
	Tétreaultville		Ivon Le Duc
Montréal-Nord	Marie-Clarac		Marcel Parent		Jean-Marc Gibeau		James V. Infantino		Georgette L. Morin
	Ovide-Clermont					Normand Fortin
Mount Royal	Frederick-G.-Todd		Suzanne Caron						Cliff Carrie
	Rockland								Nicholas Stephens
Outremont	Jeanne-Sauvé		Stéphane Harbour						Claude B. Piquette
	Joseph-Beaubien								Marie Cinq-Mars
Pierrefonds-Senneville	—		Monique Worth		Bertrand A. Ward				René LeBlanc
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Jeanne-Mance		Michel Prescott
	Laurier		Christine Poulin
	Mile End		Helen Fotopulos
	Plateau-Mont-Royal		Nicolas Tétrault
Pointe-Claire	Donegani		Bill McMurchie						Aldo Iermieri
	Valois								Morris Trudeau
Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles– Montréal-Est	Bout-de-l'Île		Colette Paul
	Marc-Aurèle-Fortin		Cosmo Maciocia
	Pointe-aux-Trembles		Marius Minier
	Rivière-des-Prairies		Michel Plante
Rosemont– La Petite-Patrie	Étienne-Desmarteau		Nicole Thibault
	Louis-Hébert		Jean-François Plante
	Marie-Victorin		Pierre Bourque
	Saint-Édouard		François Purcell
	Vieux-Rosemont		Denise Laroucche
Saint-Laurent	Côte-de-Liesse		Alan DeSousa		René Dussault		Irving Grundman		Maurice Cohen
	Normand-McLaren					Michèle D. Biron
Saint-Léonard	Grande-Prairie		Frank Zampino		Yvette Bissonnet		Dominic Perri		Robert Zambito
	Port-Maurice					Mario Battista
Le Sud-Ouest	Émard		Robert Bousquet
	Louis-Cyr		Line Hamel
	Pointe-Saint-Charles		Jacqueline Montpetit
Verdun	Champlain		Georges Bossé		Laurent Dugas		Claude Trudel		Ginette Marotte
	Desmarchais-Crawford					John Gallagher
Ville-Marie	Peter-McGill		Louise O'Sullivan
	Saint-Jacques		Robert Laramée
	Sainte-Marie		Martin Lemay
Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension	Jarry		Anie Samson
	Jean-Rivard		Frank Venneri
	Parc-Extension		Mary Deros
	Saint-Michel		Paolo Tamburello
	Villeray		Sylvain Lachance
Westmount	Côte-Saint-Antoine		Karin Marks						John de Castell
	W.-D.-Lighthall								Cynthia Lulham

Information about the candidates

Montreal Island Citizens Union

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

Vision Montreal

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

White Elephant Party

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

Independents

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

Seat-by-seat results (incomplete)

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates							Incumbent
				MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
Côtes-des-Neiges	City councillor			Francine Senécal 3,637		Pierre-Yves Melançon 3,483		François Dumoulin (White Elephant Party) 220		Pierre-Yves Melançon
Darlington	City councillor			Aline Malka 3,109		Saulie Zajdel 3,304		Koffi Doumon (Ind.) 230		Saulie Zajdel (Victoria) Jean-E. Fortier (Darlington)
Décarie	City councillor	6,150		Marcel Tremblay 3,792 (61.66%)		Sonya Biddle 2,358 (38.34%)				Sonya Biddle
Loyola	City councillor			Jeremy Searle 4,986		Darryl Gray 1,766				Jeremy Searle
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	City councillor			Michael Applebaum 5,257		Jean-E. Fortier 2,356		Allan Heafey (White Elephant Party) 190		Michael Applebaum
Snowdon	City councillor			Marvin Rotrand 4,913		Bill Surkis 2,109				Marvin Rotrand

Dorval–L'Île-Dorval

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates							Incumbent
				MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
Dorval–L'Île-Dorval	City councillor	8,031		Peter Yeomans 7,440 (92.64%)		Len MacDonald 591 (7.36%)				New position
Strathmore	Borough councillor			Robert M. Bourbeau 3,929		François Guidi 382				New position
Désiré–Girouard	Borough councillor			Edgar Rouleau 3,228		Mario Mammone 425				New position

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates							Incumbent
				MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
Hochelaga	City councillor	6,636		Jean-François Moisan 1,760 (26.52%)		Luc Larivée 4,418 (66.58%)		Danielle Giasson (White Elephant Party) 458 (6.90%)
Maisonneuve	City councillor	7,993		Nancy Boileau 2,248 (28.12%)[6]		Richer Dompierre 5,745 (71.88%)
Louis-Riel	City councillor	9,223		Gilles Marette 2,836 (30.75%)[7]		Lyn Faust 6,387 (69.25%)
Longue-Pointe	City councillor			Martin Dumont 3,767		Claire St-Arnaud 5,474
Tétreaultville	City councillor	10,082		Francisca Marques 2,968 (29.44%)		Ivon Le Duc 7,114 (70.56%)

Montréal-Nord

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates							Incumbent
				MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
Montréal-Nord	City councillor (three members)	25,358 or 25,259		Marcel Parent 12,884 (50.81%) Jean-Marc Gibeau 12,097 (47.70%) James Infantino 11,451 (45.16%)		Michelle Allaire 11,359 (44.79%) Luigi di Vito 9,960 (39.28%) Nicole Roy-Arcelin 9,590 (37.82%)		Jean-Claude Mvilongo 1,354 (5.34%)		New positions
Marie-Clarac	Borough councillor			Georgette L. Morin 6,199		Antonin Dupont 5,595		Henri-Paul Bernier 766		New position
Ovide-Clermont	Borough councillor			Normand Fortin 7,222		Fritzberg Daleus 4,355				New position

Verdun

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates							Incumbent
				MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
Verdun	City councillor (three members)	21,831 or 21,832		Georges Bossé 11,415 (52.29%) Laurent Dugas 9,001 (41.23%) Claude Trudel 8,540 (39.12%)		Danielle Paiement 7,593 (34.78%) Robert Isabelle 7,577 (34.71%) Micheline Senécal 7,377 (33.79%)		Catherine Chauvin 4,843 (22.18%) Pierre Labrosse 1,641 (7.52%) Daniel Racicot (White Elephant Party) 786 (3.60%)		New positions
Desmarchais-Crawford	Borough councillor			John Gallagher 5,553		André Savard 5,251				New position
Champlain	Borough councillor			Ginette Marotte 5,026 (49.29%)		Robert Filiatrault 4,761 (46.69%)		Cook Gosselin 410 (4.02%)		New position

References

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