Canadian municipal elections 2009

[Hatman 🍁]

This will be the one stop shop for municipal elections in Canada this year.

Today, Newfoundland and Labrador goes to the polls. The Yukon goes to the polls on October 15, Saskatchewan on the 28th and Quebec on November 1st. The Quebec municipal elections will be the most interesting, especially in Montreal. Separatist wing nut Louise Harel is currently leading the polls against the incumbent mayor. Also notable will be the Gatineau City Council race in the Hull-Val Tetreau Ward where noted NDPer Pierre Ducasse is hoping to win a seat

[Hatman 🍁]

There's an NDPer running for Vision Montreal. Is it safe to assume that they're now the left wing party?

[Hatman 🍁]

Lots of close races on the rock!

In Clarenville, mayor Fred Best won by less than 70 votes
In Corner Brook, the mayor lost by 75 votes.
In Paradise the mayor lost by just 3 votes!
In Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, the mayor lost by 10 votes.

[Hatman 🍁]

In St. John's, mayor Dennis O'Keefe was re-elected with 57% of the vote. He won last year in a municipal by-election after controversial mayor Andy Wells resigned.

Former acting mayor of St. John's and PC MLA Shannie Duff was elected as Deputy Mayor.

[Hatman 🍁]

A couple of places reported over 90% turnout. In Point Lance, 90 of 98 eligible voters voted. There was a 94% turnout in Long Harbour & Mount Arlington Heights.

Also, Bay L'Argent elected an all woman council!

[Hatman 🍁]

She speaks English, but not very well. She said she wasn't comfortable with an English debate. I find this humourous considering she may well be the next mayor of Montreal.

[Hatman 🍁]

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

[Hatman 🍁]

Still lots of Anglo pockets in Montreal, though.

[Hatman 🍁]

Montreal was lucky to de-amalgamate and have the politically contentious leave the city. Ottawa should be so lucky.

[Hatman 🍁]

Montreal was lucky to de-amalgamate and have the politically contentious leave the city. Ottawa should be so lucky.

Some of them took the de-amalgamation a little too literally!

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/06/10/qc-lachineroadblock0610.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Extension#Fence_with_Mont-Royal_.28TMR.29_along_L.27Acadie

Maybe there should be a wall around the inner greenbelt to keep the suburbanites out of Ottawa

[Hatman 🍁]

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!

Ok, fair enough. I think she is. But whatever.

[Hatman 🍁]

The mayoral election in Paradise had a recount, and the result was a tie. They then randomly selected the mayor as the winner, who was down by 3 votes in the preliminary count. His challenger will be appealing.

[Hatman 🍁]

What I find ironic about Charlebois is her name is pretty French.

Hashemite is right though, I'm mostly going to be looking for the race in Hull-Val Tetreau. Go Ducasse!  He seems to be winning the sign war. I was in Hull last night for an excursion, and I saw some Ducasse signs. Other than that, I have very little knowledge of the politics of Gatineau, unfortunately.

Also, I really hope Bergeron wins in Montreal

In other news, Saskatchewan just had their municipal elections. Not much news to announce, except a current pro football player was elected to Regina City Council (try balancing playing football and politics!) and an NDPer was elected mayor of Moose Jaw

[Hatman 🍁]

I wish I could get the results of the Regina city council race, but for some reason their site wont work for me. Anyone else have this problem?

[Hatman 🍁]

It is worth noting that while Richard Bergeron seems to have sane views on things that actually have to do with Montreal politics and is the only candidate who is neither hopelessly corrupt nor an old-style linguistic nationalist, he has also claimed (a) that smoking is good for your health, and (b) that he is at least somewhat sympathetic to the view that 9/11 was a US government conspiracy.

This is Montreal we're talking about. Everyone smokes.

[Hatman 🍁]

Little Mosque in the tundra?

[Hatman 🍁]

I'm pretty upset Ducasse lost. I wonder what he's going to do now. I'm also disappointed Bergeron lost in the 514. I thought he was going to pull it out in the end, but 3rd?

[Hatman 🍁]

makes somewhat sense