Montreal municipal election, 2005

Montreal municipal election, 2005

6 November 2005

65 seats in Montreal City Council   First party Second party Third party   Leader Gérald Tremblay Pierre Bourque Richard Bergeron Party Citizens Union Vision Montreal Projet Montréal Leader since 2001 2003 May 28, 2004 Leader's seat Mayor Marie-Victorin DeLorimier Last election 40 seats, 50.37% 31 seats, 45.14% pre-creation Seats won 47 14 1 Seat change +7 -17 Popular vote 202,302 136,769 32,126 Percentage 53.74% 36.33% 8.53% Swing +3.37% -8.81%

Mayor before election Gérald Tremblay Citizens Union Elected Mayor Gérald Tremblay Citizens Union

The 2005 Montreal municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a city mayor, borough mayors, city councillors, and borough councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the contest for mayor of Montreal, Gérald Tremblay was elected to a second term over former mayor Pierre Bourque.

Results

City mayor

2005 Montreal municipal election, Mayor of Montreal

Party		Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Montreal Island Citizens Union		(x)Gérald Tremblay	202,302	53.73
Vision Montreal		Pierre Bourque	136,769	36.32
Projet Montréal		Richard Bergeron	32,126	8.53
White Elephant Party		Michel Bédard	5,329	1.42
Total valid votes			376,526	100

Borough mayors

Borough	Elected Candidate	Party
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Marie-Andrée Beaudoin	MICU
Anjou	Luis Miranda (inc.)	Équipe Anjou
Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Michael Applebaum (inc.)	MICU
Lachine	Claude Dauphin (inc.)	MICU
LaSalle	Manon Barbe (inc.)	MICU
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève	Richard Bélanger	MICU
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Lyn Thériault Faust	VM
Montreal North	Marcel Parent (inc.)	MICU
Outremont	Stéphane Harbour (inc.)	MICU
Pierrefonds—Roxboro	Monique Worth (inc.)	MICU
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Helen Fotopulos (inc.)	MICU
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Cosmo Maciocia (inc.)	MICU
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie	André Lavallée	MICU
Saint-Laurent	Alan Desousa (inc.)	MICU
Saint Leonard	Frank Zampino (inc.)	MICU
Le Sud-Ouest	Jacqueline Montpetit (inc.)	MICU
Verdun	Claude Trudel	MICU
Ville-Marie	Benoit Labonté	MICU
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Anie Samson	VM

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Borough Mayor, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Anie Samson 13,109 45.24 Montreal Island Citizens Union Paolo Tamburello (incumbent) 11,122 38.38 Projet Montréal Jose Luis Bolanos 3,616 12.48 Independent Muhammad Haseen 1,128 3.89 Total valid votes 28,975 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

City councillors (incomplete)

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, François-Perrault Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Frank Venneri (incumbent) 3,206 42.63 Vision Montreal Vittorio Capparelli 2,966 39.44 Projet Montréal Maria Marra 1,348 17.93 Total valid votes 7,520 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Parc-Extension Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Mary Deros (incumbent) 4,631 66.40 Montreal Island Citizens Union Vanna Vong 1,227 17.59 Independent Mubashar Rasool 522 7.48 Projet Montréal Antoine Thomasset-Laperrière 473 6.78 Independent Conrad David Brillantes 121 1.74 Total valid votes 6,974 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Yvette Bissonnet (incumbent) 5,682 75.95 Vision Montreal Hugues Surprenant 1,533 20.49 White Elephant Party Alain Perrier 266 3.56 Total valid votes 7,481 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union (x)Dominic Perri 6,977 71.70 Vision Montreal Rocco De Robertis 2,462 25.30 White Elephant Party Milan Mirich 292 3.00 Total valid votes 9,731 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

Borough councillors (incomplete)

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Saint-Leonard borough Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est division Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union (x)Robert Zambito 4,762 64.82 Vision Montreal Jean-Marc Boivin 1,478 20.12 Independent Domenico Moschella 1,107 15.07 Total valid votes 7,347 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Saint-Leonard borough Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Mario Battista (incumbent) 6,966 72.92 Vision Montreal Claudia Martinez 2,587 27.08 Total valid votes 9,553 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Ville-Marie borough Councillor, Peter-McGill Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Karin Boulos 3,257 53.98 Vision Montreal Yves Zamalloa 1,345 22.29 Projet Montréal Damien Girard 837 13.87 ÉV-M William Shady Elhami 467 7.74 Independent Thérèse Oliff 128 2.12 Total valid votes 6,034 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

2005 Montreal municipal election results: Ville-Marie Borough Councillor, Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Pierre Mainville 3,355 40.55 Montreal Island Citizens Union Jean-Yves Duthel 3,072 37.13 Projet Montréal Brian Doody 1,847 22.32 Total valid votes 8,274 100 Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal.

Composition of city and borough councils

Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:

• Mayor of Montreal
• Borough mayor, 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		Marie-Andrée Beaudoin		Pierre Lapointe
	Bordeaux-Cartierville				Noushig Eloyan
	Saint-Sulpice				Jocelyn Ann Campbell
	Sault-au-Récollet				Jean-François St-Onge
Anjou	Centre		Luis Miranda		Andrée Hénault		Michelle Zammit
	East					Rémy Tondreau
	West					Gilles Beaudry
Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Côte-des-Neiges		Michael Appelbaum		Francine Senecal
	Darlington				Saulie Zajdel
	Loyola				Warren Allmand
	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce				Marcel Tremblay
	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						Philippe Voisard
Lachine	Du Canal		Claude Dauphin		Jane Cowell-Poitras		Elizabeth Verge
	Fort-Rolland					Jean-François Cloutier
	J.-Émery-Provost					Bernard Blanchet
LaSalle	Cecil-P.-Newman		Manon Barbe		Alvaro Farinacci		Vincenzo Cesari		Lise Zarac
	Sault-Saint-Louis				Richard Deschamps		Ross Blackhurst		Laura-Ann Palestini
Mercier– Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Hochelaga		Lyn Thériault Faust		Laurent Blanchard
	Louis-Riel				Richer Dompierre
	Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe				Claire St-Arnaud
	Tétreaultville				Gaëtan Primeau
Montréal-Nord	Marie-Clarac		Marcel Parent		James V. Infantino		Clementina Teti-Tomassi
	Ovide-Clermont				Jean-Marc Gibeau		Normand Fortin
Outremont	Claude-Ryan		Stéphane Harbour				Louis Moffatt
	Jeanne-Sauvé						Ana Nunes
	Joseph-Beaubien						Claude B. Piquette
	Robert-Bourassa						Marie Cinq-Mars
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	East		Monique Worth		Christian Dubois		Roger Trottier
	West				Bertrand Ward		Catherine Clément-Talbot
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	DeLorimier		Helen Fotopulos		Richard Bergeron		Josée Duplessis
	Jeanne-Mance				Michel Prescott		Isabel Dos Santos
	Mile-End				Michel Labrecque		Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis
Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles	La Pointe-aux-Prairies		Cosmo Maciocia		Nicolas Montmorency		Joseph Di Pietro
	Pointe-aux-Trembles				André Bélisle		Suzanne Décarie
	Rivière-des-Prairies				Joe Magri		Maria Calderone
Rosemont– La Petite-Patrie	Étienne-Desmarteau		André Lavallée		Carole Du Sault
	Marie-Victorin				Pierre Bourque
	Saint-Édouard				François Purcell
	Vieux-Rosemont				Gilles Grondin
Saint-Laurent	Côte-de-Liesse		Alan DeSousa		Laval Demers		Maurice Cohen
	Norman-McLaren				Patricia Bittar		Michèle Biron
Saint-Léonard	Saint-Léonard-Est		Frank Zampino		Yvette Bissonnet		Robert Zambito
	Saint-Léonard-Ouest				Dominic Perri		Mario Battista
Le Sud-Ouest	Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne– Pointe-Saint-Charles		Jacqueline Montpetit		Line Hamel		Pierre E. Fréchette
	Saint-Paul–Émard				Jean-Yves Cartier		Ronald Bossy
Verdun	Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs		Claude Trudel		Ginette Marotte		Paul Beaupré		Marc Touchette
	Desmarchais-Crawford				Alain Tassé		Josée Lavigueur Thériault		André Savard
Ville-Marie	Peter-McGill		Benoît Labonté		Catherine Sévigny		Karim Boulos
	Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques				Sammy Forcillo		Pierre Mainville
Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension	François-Perrault		Anie Samson		Frank Venneri
	Parc-Extension				Mary Deros
	Saint-Michel				Soraya Martinez
	Villeray				Sylvain Lachance

Post-election changes

• Pierre Bourque resigned as councillor for Marie-Victorin in 2006. A by-election was held to choose his replacement on September 24, 2006.

Montreal municipal by-election results, 24 September 2006: Councillor, Marie-Victorin Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Montreal Island Citizens Union Carle Bernier-Genest 2,035 38.58 Projet Montréal Kettly Beauregard 1,704 32.30 Vision Montreal Réal Charest 1,220 23.13 Independent Nicole Thibault 316 5.99 Total valid votes 5,275 100 Source: Official Results (in French), City of Montreal.

• Frank Zampino resigned as borough mayor of Saint-Leonard in 2008. He was replaced on an interim basis by Yvette Bissonnet. A by-election to choose a permanent replacement was held on September 21, 2008.

Saint-Leonard borough mayoral by-election, 21 September 2008 Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Union Montreal Michel Bissonnet 11,450 94.32 Projet Montréal Livio Di Celmo 308 2.54 Vision Montreal Mélina Maiorano 271 2.23 Independent David Mallozzi 110 0.91 Total valid votes 12,139 100 Source: Official results - Saint-Léonard borough, Septembre 21, 2008, City of Montreal, accessed 14 August 2011.

• Pierre Lapointe, city councillor for Ahuntsic, died on April 12, 2008.^[1] A by-election to choose his replacement was held on September 21, 2008.

Montreal city council by-election, 21 September 2008: Councillor, Ahuntsic Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes Vision Montreal Hasmig Belleli 2,244 36.43 Union Montreal Michel Hamel 2,185 35.48 Projet Montréal Émilie Thuillier 1,652 26.82 Independent Christian Prévost 78 1.27 Total valid votes 6,159 100 Source: Official results - Ahuntsic electoral district, Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, September 21, 2008, City of Montreal, accessed 19 January 2013.

• Michel Hamel was president of a local businessperson's association and a first-time political candidate.^[2]
• Christian Prévost was a first-time municipal candidate. A candidate of the same name ran as an independent for borough mayor of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève in the 2009 municipal election but withdrew from the contest before election day; this may have been the same person.^[3]

Information on the candidates

Vision Montreal

• Jean-Marc Boivin (Saint-Léonard-Est, Saint-Leonard borough council) was a first-time candidate in Montreal.
• Claudia Martinez (Saint-Léonard-Ouest, Saint-Leonard borough council) was a first-time candidate.

Projet Montréal

• Maria Marra (François-Perrault) was a first-time candidate. She remained active with Projet Montréal after the election.^[4]
• Daniel Archambault (Louis-Riel) was a first-time candidate. He continued to work with Projet Montréal in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie after the election.^[5]
• Brian M. Doody (Peter-McGill, Ville-Marie borough councillor) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and moved to Quebec in 1989. He has two Bachelor of Laws degrees from McGill University and a Master of Arts degree in political science from Queen's University, and was pursuing a Ph.D. in political science from the Université de Montréal during the 2005 campaign.^[6] He specializes in electoral reform and has written for journals such as Policy Options.^[7] The 2005 campaign was his first bid for public office.

Seat-by-seat results (incomplete)

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
				Projet Montréal		MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
—	Borough mayor	33,091		Yves Laporte 3,891 (11.76%)		Marie-Andrée Beaudoin 16,411 (49.59%)		Maurice Beauchamp 12,789 (38.65%)
Ahuntsic	City councillor	8,913		Pierre-Léo Mongeon-Bourbonnais 1,329 (14.91%)[8]		Pierre Lapointe 3,956 (44.38%)		Hasmig Belleli 3,628 (40.70%)
Bordeaux-Cartierville	City councillor	8,366		Annik Collin 582 (6.96%)[9]		James Kromida 3,648 (43.61%)		Noushig Eloyan 4,136 (49.44%)
Saint-Sulpice	City councillor	7,694		Pascal Côté 1,200 (15.60%)[10]		Jocelyn Ann Campbell 3,400 (44.19%)		Alain André 3,094 (40.21%)
Sault-au-Récollet	City councillor					Jean-François St-Onge 4,037		Achille Polcaro 3,322		Marie-Pier Léger-St-Jean 1,106 Jean-Jacques Milot Jean-Louis 216

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
				Projet Montréal		MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
—	Borough mayor	30,445				Michael Applebaum 14,646 (48.11%)		Sonya Biddle 8,013 (26.32%)		Jeremy Searle (Team Jeremy Searle) 5,949 (19.54%) Alexandre Montagano (Ind.) 1,837 (6.03%)		Michael Applebaum
Côte-des-Neiges	City councillor			Magda Popeanu 857		Francine Senécal 2,802		Pierre-Yves Melançon 1,202		Marc Dupont (Team Jeremy Searle) 374 Kamman Saleh (ÉV-M) 74		Francine Sénécal
Darlington	City councillor			Trevor Hanna 242		Saulie Zajdel 2,203		Kashmir Singh Randhawa 1,596		Alex Robles (Ind.) 769 Francine Brodeur (ÉV-M) 603 Irwin Rapoport (Team Jeremy Searle) 269		Saulie Zajdel
Loyola	City councillor					Warren Allmand 3,949		George Pentsos 1,518		Diana Tabatabai (Team Jeremy Searle) 1,374 Sergey Sterlikov (White Elephant 223		Warren Allmand
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	City councillor	6,841		Jeff Itcush 1,152 (16.84%)		Marcel Tremblay 3,414 (49.90%)		Thomas Snabl 907 (13.26%)		Robert Dupont (Team Jeremy Searle) 1,368 (20.00%)		Michael Applebaum (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) Marcel Tremblay (Décarie)
Snowdon	City councillor					Marvin Rotrand 3,582		Michelle Serano 1,708		Shireen Peyrow (Team Jeremy Searle) 501		Marvin Rotrand

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
				Projet Montréal		MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
—	Borough mayor	31,472		Éric Alan Caldwell 3,263 (10.37%)		Pierre Bélanger 13,079 (41.56%)		Lyn Thériault Faust 15,130 (48.07%)				Ivon Le Duc (Ind.)
Hochelaga	City councillor	6,193		José Feliciano Arias 1,086 (17.54%)[11]		Luc Larivée 2,230 (36.01%)		Laurent Blanchard 2,877 (46.46%)
Louis-Riel	City councillor	8,389		Daniel Archambault 829 (9.88%)[12]		Nicolas Tétrault 3,755 (44.76%)		Richer Dompierre 3,805 (45.36%)
Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe	City councillor			Luce Beaulieu 1,027		Monique Comtois-Blanchet 2,715		Claire St-Arnaud 3,962
Tétreaultville	City councillor			Pascal Meilleur 971		Marcel Henry 3,839		Gaëtan Primeau 4,525

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
				Projet Montréal		MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
—	Borough mayor			Claude Mainville 6,500		Helen Fotopulos 10,157		Richard Théorêt 5,288
DeLorimier	City councillor	8,425		Carl Boileau Co-candidate for Richard Bergeron 3,078 (36.53%)		Christine Mitton 2,838 (33.69%)[13]		Christine Poulin 2,509 (29.78%)
	Borough councillor	8,242		Émilie Thuillier 2,993 (36.31%)		Josée Duplessis 3,002 (36.42%)		Huguette Trudel 2,247 (27.26%)[14]
Jeanne-Mance	City councillor			André Cardinal 2,063		Michel Prescott 3,006		Rose Caron 1,340		Marc-André Bahl (White Elephant) 133 Diego Blais (ÉV-M) 88
	Borough councillor			Suzanne Boivin 2,426		Isabel Dos Santos 2,740		Natercia Rodrigues 1,379
Mile End	City councillor			Claire Tranquille 2,227		Michel Labrecque 3,241		Serge H. Malaison 1,449
	Borough councillor			Elhaoussine Tahmi 2,123		Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis 2,973		Dimitrios Koufogiorgas 1,417		Jacques Méthot (Ind.) 335

Le Sud-Ouest

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
				Projet Montréal		MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
—	Borough mayor	14,702		Pierre M. Valiquette 1,565 (10.64%)		Jacqueline Montpetit 5,939 (40.40%)		Robert Bousquet 5,901 (40.14%)		Daniel Tremblay (ÉV-M) 1,041 (7.08%) Glenmore Browne (Ind) 256 (1.784)		Jacqueline Montpetit
Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles	City councillor	7,350		Nicole Cloutier 1,283 (17.46%)[15]		Brenda Paris 2,792 (37.99%)		Line Hamel 3,275 (44.56%)
	Borough councillor	7,187		Mathieu Winnicki 1,350 (18.78%)[16]		Pierre E. Fréchette 2,957 (41.14%)		Charles Veilleux 2,880 (40.07%)[17]
Saint-Paul–Émard	City councillor			Francis Lizotte-Bédard 718		Daniel Bélanger 3,331		Jean-Yves Cartier 3,405
	Borough councillor			Mélissa Simard 949		Paul Émile-Rioux 2,874		Ronald Bossy 3,456

Verdun

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	Candidates									Incumbent
				Projet Montréal		MICU		Vision Montréal		Other
—	Borough mayor					Claude Trudel 9,283		Philippe Lalonde 5,283				Claude Trudel
Champlain– L'Île-des-Sœurs	City councillor			Guylaine Vignola 510 (6.80%)		Ginette Marotte 4,176 (55.69%)		Daniel Beaudin 1,992 (26.57%)		Robert Filiatrault 695 (9.27%) François Desrochers 125 (1.67%)
	Borough councillor I			Nancy Turgeon 817		Paul Beaupré 4,214		Pierre Labrosse 2,375
	Borough councillor II	8,426		Francis Fortier 682 (8.09%)		Marc Touchette 4,168 (49.47%)		Francine LeBlanc 3,576 (42.44%)
Desmarchais-Crawford	City councillor			Mathieu Fontaine 791		Alain Tassé 4,066		Alan Fortier 2,381
	Borough councillor I					Josée Lavigueur Thériault 4,326		Véronique Matte 2,721
	Borough councillor II					André Savard 4,562		Brian McCarthy 2,633

References

1. Edited Hansard Number 080, 39th Parliament, 2nd Session - Canadian House of Commons, Parliament of Canada, 16 April 2008.
2. Véronique Leduc, "Union Montréal présente son candidat, Michel Hamel", Courrier Ahuntsic/Bordeaux-Cartierville, 20 June 2008, accessed 5 February 2013.
3. Élection Montréal. "Retrait de la candidature de M. Christian Prévost." 22 October 2009.
4. "Projet Montréal renouvelle son comité local dans l’arrondissement", Le Monde: Journal communautaire Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc Extension, April 2006, accessed 25 August 2011.
5. Projet Montréal: Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Projet Montréal, accessed 26 November 2011.
6. "L’heure des choix: Municipales 2005," fugues.com, 27 October 2005, accessed 2 October 2011.
7. See Brian M. Doody, "The Liberal Minority and the Prospect of an Early Dissolution of Parliament", Policy Options, September 2004, pp. 34-37.
8. Mongeon-Bourbonnais was a first-time candidate.
9. Collin was a first-time candidate.
10. Côté was a first-time candidate.
11. Arias was a first-time candidate.
12. Archambault was a first-time candidate. He continued to work with Projet Montréal in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie after the election. See Projet Montréal: Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Projet Montréal, accessed 26 November 2011.
13. Mitton was a spokesperson for provincial cabinet ministers Serge Ménard and Louise Harel between 2000 and 2002 and continued to work with Harel after her appointment as speaker of the National Assembly of Quebec. She was described in the 2005 election as an ardent Quebec sovereigntist. See Elizabeth Thompson, "Extra vacations for Surete: Contract agreement would give officers three more days off," Montreal Gazette, 21 September 2000, A5; Kevin Dougherty and Alison Hanes, "Harel appointment on hold: PQ has yet to make case for naming her as speaker: Charest," Montreal Gazette, 1 February 2002, A9; Elizabeth Thompson, "MNAs don't have to tell: How they spend their office-budget cash can be kept secret, Supreme Court rules," Montreal Gazette, 2 November 2002, A1; Jeff Heinrich, "Fotopulos confident of team's hold," Montreal Gazette, 7 November 2005, A7.
14. Trudel is a horticulturalist. See was a first-time candidate in 2005. See Bronwyn Chester, "Casting spells in a parking lot," Montreal Gazette, 30 October 2010, B5.
15. Cloutier was a first-time candidate.
16. Winnicki is co-owner of Satay Brothers restaurant in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood. The 2005 campaign was his first bid for public office. See Francois Nadeau, "Les Satay Brothers: le goût du sud-est en plein cœur du sud-ouest!", Le Messager Week-End, 28 June 2012, accessed 10 July 2013.
17. Veilleux's campaign biography indicates that he attended Université Laval and Université du Québec à Rimouski, is the author of Levure Santé (a book about the health benefits of yeast), and became active in politics through his interest in economic and environmental issues. See Charles Veilleux - Équipe Bourque / Vision Montréal, 26 October 2004 (cached), accessed 10 July 2013.