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Montreal municipal election, 2005

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6 November 2005
  
2009 →

2003
  
May 28, 2004

31 seats, 45.14%
  
pre-creation

Start date
  
November 6, 2005

2001
  
2003

40 seats, 50.37%
  
31 seats, 45.14%

47
  
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Winner
  
Gérald Tremblay

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.

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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

    • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pierre Lapointe, city councillor for Ahuntsic, died on April 12, 2008. A by-election to choose his replacement was held on September 21, 2008.
  • Michel Hamel was president of a local businessperson's association and a first-time political candidate.
  • 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.

    • 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.
  • Daniel Archambault (Louis-Riel) was a first-time candidate. He continued to work with Projet Montréal in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie after the election.
  • 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. He specializes in electoral reform and has written for journals such as Policy Options. The 2005 campaign was his first bid for public office.

    • References

    Montreal municipal election, 2005 Wikipedia
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