Canadian municipal elections 2009

[MaxQue]

I remember the name Harel from somewhere - was she a member of the National Assembly or summet?

Yes, she was a minister and the Speaker of the National Assembly, too.

Hashemite, that was the 400eme festivities, not 250eme.

[MaxQue]

Not just any PQuiste, but a wingnut as well. Though, she is trying to moderate herself. LOL btw @ her anglo numbers.

Louise Harel is not a wingnut and I ready to fight to the death to say that!

[MaxQue]

Came back from voting. I suppose than turnout will be good in my town (Val-d'Or, around 30 000 inhabitants), since there was always at least 6 or 7 seven voters in the polling station when I was there, which is pretty good.

I voted for the incumbent mayor. A very arrogant, unlikeable person persuaded he is always right and ruling on the municipal council like a dictator and right-wing, but he is very competent.

Anyways, the other candidate for mayorship is awful. He is selling medication against swine flu and cancer, is implicated in pyramidal schemes, said than women should stay home to raise children and to stop stealing men jobs, than Jews are controlling the economy and are making wars to make more money and that gay are men with a woman head and lesbian women with a man head.

Incumbent should win with more 80% of votes.

I voted for councillor, too, but the race was two candidates with almost the same slogan, the same program and the same ideas. I voted for the one who tried harder, i.e. the only from you I received ads and who did door to door visits in my sector.

[MaxQue]

That's la France Profonde for you.

(Next thing MaxQue will tell us that he's a Muslim and/or Inuit, not a Quebecois, and I'll look stupid)

I'm a Catholic Quebecois. That kind of populist candidate would have been probably elected 30 and 40 years ago, because we elected all the time Social Credit MPs and MLAs in Abitibi. Rouyn-Noranda, one hour away from here was the hometown of Real Caouette. Well, in places like Rouyn-Noranda, municipal creditism still exist. One of the Réal Caouette son, Roger, was elected mayor of Rouyn-Noranda in 2005. He resigned since then for health reasons.

But populist is not very popular on other levels. Armand, who is Réal nephew, ran as a Liberal in the federal district covering Val-d'Or in 1997 as a PC and in 2006 as a Liberal and he finished 3rd as a PC and 2nd as a Liberal. ADQ and Conservative Party never won a Abitibi riding either.

[MaxQue]

That's la France Profonde for you.

(Next thing MaxQue will tell us that he's a Muslim and/or Inuit, not a Quebecois, and I'll look stupid)

I'm a Catholic Quebecois.

I meant the candidate. (My sentence is ambiguous I admit, but oughtn't the context have given it away?)

He is white and probably Catholic.

[MaxQue]

That's la France Profonde for you.

(Next thing MaxQue will tell us that he's a Muslim and/or Inuit, not a Quebecois, and I'll look stupid)

Val-d'Or doesn't seem like the sort of place that would have a lot of Muslims.

I know 4 Muslims in Val-d'Or from Algeria. And an Arab from Egypt, he is teaching me chemistry in college, don't know if he is Muslim and I don't care.
The census says there are a grand 15 Arabs in Val-d'Or. And 10 Muslims in 2001.

[MaxQue]

Polls are now closed, except a couple of polling station in Montreal.

Montreal results will begin after 8:55PM because of that.

[MaxQue]

In my town, incumbent mayor is a little bit over 90% after a few ballot boxes.

[MaxQue]

My mayor won too. With a bigger margin than Vaillancourt and Tremblay.

[MaxQue]

Any news from Montreal?

Not yet.

[MaxQue]

Is that an exit poll, or...?

No exit polls in Canada.

[MaxQue]

Is that an exit poll, or...?

No exit polls in Canada.

"Final results" or "results so far" then?

Oh, results so far

1042/4517 polls

Tremblay 38
Harel 33
Bergeron 25

[MaxQue]

1460/4517 polls

Tremblay 37
Harel 33
Bergeron 26

[MaxQue]

1840/4517 polls

Tremblay 38
Harel 33
Bergeron 25

[MaxQue]

1900/4517 polls

Tremblay 37
Harel 33
Bergeron 26

[MaxQue]

What sort of areas are in then? Still pretty balanced?

Former merged cities are more in than inner cities areas, so Tremblay margin should be reduced.

Edit: But not so much.

[MaxQue]

2339/4517 polls

Tremblay 37
Harel 33
Bergeron 25

Also, there is a tie on the first seat on the municipal council 537 votes to 537 votes.

Very funny.

[MaxQue]

2524/4517 polls

Tremblay 37
Harel 33
Bergeron 26

[MaxQue]

I am angry. My favorite councillor in the Val-d'Or city council was closely defeated by a very slimy businessman than I hate.

And TV said than Tremblay will be re-elected.

[MaxQue]

I am angry. My favorite councillor in the Val-d'Or city council was closely defeated by a very slimy businessman than I hate.

And TV said than Tremblay will be re-elected.

Do you get Montreal TV?

I'm on RDI who is covering all the province of Quebec, but especially Montreal. Local results for my ciry are coming from the city website.

[MaxQue]

Any news as to how city council will shape up?

TV and Montreal city website is saying now:

Union Montréal (Tremblay): 33
Vision Montréal (Harel): 12
Projet Montréal (Bergeron): 8
To be determined: 12