Quebec Municipal Elections 2013

[Hatman 🍁]

Maybe to your first question, hopefully yes to your second.

Well, either way the party name will be something generic and all encompassing and uninspiring, and extremely vague.

[MaxQue]

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201211/22/01-4596604-comite-executif-la-coalition-voit-le-jour.php

Applebaum named its executive council, the equivalent of a Cabinet.
3 independants, 3 Union, 3 Vision, 2 Projet.
The important offices were given to independants and to Vision.

That didn't stop Union bleeding, Jocelyn Ann Campbell, the city councillor for Saint-Sulpice (inland Ahuntsic) became an independant. Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough is known for its close races, a couple of them finished by less than 100 votes, including a borough mayor where the 3rd place candidate had 32% of votes (35PM-33UM-32VM), and a city council elected which finished 34PM-33UM-33VM (in Ahuntsic ward, 137 votes between 1st and last).

Jocelyn Ann Campbell herself won by 39 votes over Vision.

At other levels, it also includes the federal seat of Ahuntsic which was a 3-way race and the provincial seat of Crémazie, which is the only true marginal seat on Montreal Island.

[lilTommy]

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201211/22/01-4596604-comite-executif-la-coalition-voit-le-jour.php

Applebaum named its executive council, the equivalent of a Cabinet.
3 independants, 3 Union, 3 Vision, 2 Projet.
The important offices were given to independants and to Vision.

That didn't stop Union bleeding, Jocelyn Ann Campbell, the city councillor for Saint-Sulpice (inland Ahuntsic) became an independant. Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough is known for its close races, a couple of them finished by less than 100 votes, including a borough mayor where the 3rd place candidate had 32% of votes (35PM-33UM-32VM), and a city council elected which finished 34PM-33UM-33VM (in Ahuntsic ward, 137 votes between 1st and last).

Jocelyn Ann Campbell herself won by 39 votes over Vision.

At other levels, it also includes the federal seat of Ahuntsic which was a 3-way race and the provincial seat of Crémazie, which is the only true marginal seat on Montreal Island.

so what your saying is this is a very interesting area of Montreal then... what makes it so competitive for the 3 municipal parties?

[Hatman 🍁]

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201211/22/01-4596604-comite-executif-la-coalition-voit-le-jour.php

Applebaum named its executive council, the equivalent of a Cabinet.
3 independants, 3 Union, 3 Vision, 2 Projet.
The important offices were given to independants and to Vision.

That didn't stop Union bleeding, Jocelyn Ann Campbell, the city councillor for Saint-Sulpice (inland Ahuntsic) became an independant. Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough is known for its close races, a couple of them finished by less than 100 votes, including a borough mayor where the 3rd place candidate had 32% of votes (35PM-33UM-32VM), and a city council elected which finished 34PM-33UM-33VM (in Ahuntsic ward, 137 votes between 1st and last).

Jocelyn Ann Campbell herself won by 39 votes over Vision.

At other levels, it also includes the federal seat of Ahuntsic which was a 3-way race and the provincial seat of Crémazie, which is the only true marginal seat on Montreal Island.

so what your saying is this is a very interesting area of Montreal then... what makes it so competitive for the 3 municipal parties?

It straddles Boul St-Laurent, which is the traditional separatist vs federalist border in Montreal. It's also at the north end of the Progressive leaning blob in the central part of the city.

[RogueBeaver]

UM continues to crumble.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201211/23/01-4597012-les-conseillers-de-lile-bizard-ste-genevieve-quittent-union-montreal-.php

[Hatman 🍁]

UM continues to crumble.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201211/23/01-4597012-les-conseillers-de-lile-bizard-ste-genevieve-quittent-union-montreal-.php

What's the point of the party now anyways? We all know it's not going to be around come next election.

[lilTommy]

UM continues to crumble.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201211/23/01-4597012-les-conseillers-de-lile-bizard-ste-genevieve-quittent-union-montreal-.php

What's the point of the party now anyways? We all know it's not going to be around come next election.

Who's best suited to pick up the UM support? VM to me seems like it might but seems to "separatist" leaning to win over some West Island district. While PM see to be too progressive to win over those same West Island districts... i guess UM might just be around as a rump of West Islanders?
Wrong here?

[RogueBeaver]

Coderre's new PLQ-type party.

[RogueBeaver]

Duceppe won't run.

http://www.canada.com/sports/Gilles%2BDuceppe%2Bmayor%2BMontreal/7737771/story.html

[RogueBeaver]

Coderre will announce on May 17, the 371st anniversary of the city's founding. Also opens up his Bourassa seat.

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montreal/376521/mairie-annonce-de-coderre-le-17-mai

[MaxQue]

A demand was filled to register the municipal party "Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal" (Team Denis Coderre for Montreal).

[Hatman 🍁]

Wow. I hate municipal party names.

[RogueBeaver]

Wow. I hate municipal party names.

Union/Vision/Projet Montreal are hardly original either. Drapeau era had more with Civic/MCM/MAG.

[lilTommy]

So this is interesting...

http://www.cjad.com/CJADLocalNews/entry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10542157

Union Montreal looks to be falling apart... So that will make what, 30+ independents? that will make governing complicated no? no word if a new party(ies) will be created by this implosion

[MaxQue]

So this is interesting...

http://www.cjad.com/CJADLocalNews/entry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10542157

Union Montreal looks to be falling apart... So that will make what, 30+ independents? that will make governing complicated no? no word if a new party(ies) will be created by this implosion

Well, only 15 of the 39 persons elected for the party last time are still there, if my memory is good.

[RogueBeaver]

Coderre enters tomorrow. Should be interesting to see how many big names, if any, he recruited for his slate.

[lilTommy]

So the Gazette has their page up and running:
https://org62.my.salesforce.com/5003000000RcrwN

CBC has a page:
http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/features/municipal-elections-2013/

Wiki, has their page up too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_municipal_election,_2013

Candidates for mayor: Considered main contenders
Michel Bédard - Former candidate
Richard Bergeron - Leader of Projet Montréal
Michel Brûlé - Author and publisher
Denis Coderre - Leader of Équipe Denis Coderre
Marcel Côté - Co-founder of SECOR, leader of Coalition Montréal[2] (looks like he is being endorsed by Vision Montreal)
Mélanie Joly - Lawyer
Irois Léger - Former journalist[3]
Clément Sauriol - Freelance worker
Kofi Sonokpon - Aeronautics expert

[Hatman 🍁]

This page should be renamed so we can discuss the rest of Quebec as well.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I predict that the winner will be arrested on corruption charges before the end of his term in office.

[DC Al Fine]

Went to an accounting firm's information session this week and was told that Montreal is the forensic accounting capital of Canada

[Hatman 🍁]

I predict that the winner will be arrested on corruption charges before the end of his term in office.

End of the term? That's being generous, innit?

[RogueBeaver]

This page should be renamed so we can discuss the rest of Quebec as well.

As you wish. Despite the new parties and faces, alignment hasn't really changed in Montreal. Coderre's the heir to UM, PM is still around and Cote is endorsed by Vision. The more things change and all that.

[Zanas]

I never manage to remember which means what in terms of Montréal coalitions. And I'm too tired (and drunk...) to look them up. Anybody could explain it again, maybe wit the latest developments in treasons, defections and suspense, to get a bit of added value ?

[Hatman 🍁]

Team Codere = basically Liberals
Vision = basically separatists
Projet Montreal = social democrats (NDP, QS supporters)

[MaxQue]

A first poll for Montreal.

Coderre: 39
Bergeron (Projet): 23
Côté (Coalition Montréal, rebranded Vision): 17
Mélanie Joly (some young lady with a party named "True Change for Montreal"): 16

Obviously, Mélanie Joly (not even invited to debates) is the surprise of that poll.