Quebec Municipal Elections 2013

[Poirot]

I can't see what data are in the files, but perhaps what you are looking for can be found in files from the open data project.

http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/categories/election-referendum/

[MaxQue]

I can't see what data are in the files, but perhaps what you are looking for can be found in files from the open data project.

http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/categories/election-referendum/

From what I see, there is only the data by precincts, in the txt format, but it should be transformable in a spreadsheet when formulas can the additions to get the results by ward (and by borough, after that). I insist on should, since I'm not sure it's possible to do the txt->spreadsheet transformation. Depends of the form of the data.

Earl, if you don't know how to do that, I can try to do it.

[MaxQue]

In other news, La Presse did research to found who was the replacement mayor, currently, in Montreal. That's Jane Cowell-Poitras, city councillor for Lachine.

[RogueBeaver]

Link? If Tremblay resigned then she stays in place till next January.

[MaxQue]

http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=8117,89469578&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&id=83439654

http://blogues.lapresse.ca/avenirmtl/2012/11/01/le-maire-suppleant-de-montreal-non-ce-n%E2%80%99est-pas-zambito%E2%80%A6/

And, in case someone doubt, she is referred as that in a press release from early October:

http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1051003/la-serie-les-batisseurs-culturels-montrealais-nouvelle-murale-hommage-a-miyuki-tanobe

[Hatman 🍁]

Woot. I was able to use the txt file in excel, since the data is separated by semi-colons.

[Hatman 🍁]

Oh wait, this is ridiculous, the format is

Poll 1 Candidate votes
Poll 1 Candidate votes
Poll 1 Candidate votes

For 65000 + lines :S

[Hatman 🍁]

Jesus, Montreal. How can one district have over 900 polling divisions? That's probably more than all of Ottawa combined.

[RogueBeaver]

Coderre might have some fundraiser problems.

http://www.canada.com/Denis%2BCoderre%2Bdismisses%2Bfundraising%2Blinks%2Bconstruction%2Bengineering%2Bfirms/7485707/story.html

[MaxQue]

Jesus, Montreal. How can one district have over 900 polling divisions? That's probably more than all of Ottawa combined.

No ward have 900 polling divisions. The 900 divisions are the anticipation vote, I think.

[Hatman 🍁]

Jesus, Montreal. How can one district have over 900 polling divisions? That's probably more than all of Ottawa combined.

No ward have 900 polling divisions. The 900 divisions are the anticipation vote, I think.

I'm really confused. Do you think you could figure this one out? Because, it looks like it has 900 polls.

[MaxQue]

Jesus, Montreal. How can one district have over 900 polling divisions? That's probably more than all of Ottawa combined.

No ward have 900 polling divisions. The 900 divisions are the anticipation vote, I think.

I'm really confused. Do you think you could figure this one out? Because, it looks like it has 900 polls.

The first ward, 101-Est (which is the East ward of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough) has 97 normal polls, one poll named 500 (for postal vote) and polls from 901 to 914 for early voting.

[Hatman 🍁]

Jesus, Montreal. How can one district have over 900 polling divisions? That's probably more than all of Ottawa combined.

No ward have 900 polling divisions. The 900 divisions are the anticipation vote, I think.

I'm really confused. Do you think you could figure this one out? Because, it looks like it has 900 polls.

The first ward, 101-Est (which is the East ward of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough) has 97 normal polls, one poll named 500 (for postal vote) and polls from 901 to 914 for early voting.

oh lol. I feel stupid now. Still, a lot of polls. We'll see if I have the time for this.

[MaxQue]

Various news outlets are reporting than the mayor of Montreal will resign at 7PM, tonight.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201211/05/01-4590621-le-maire-tremblay-quittera-la-mairie.php

[Hatman 🍁]

How does it work to replace him? By-election? Or does it fall to a deputy? I think I remember Quebec City having a mayoral by-election a few years ago.

[MaxQue]

How does it work to replace him? By-election? Or does it fall to a deputy? I think I remember Quebec City having a mayoral by-election a few years ago.

No by-election, as we are less than one year before the next election. To have a by-election, he should have resigned Friday or earlier.

Unless the council decided to call one, anyways. They have 15 days to do that. In other case, it should the suppleant mayor, the Lachine lady, except if the council decides to elect someone else.

[RogueBeaver]

That's why he delayed. I'm disgusted by how he's posing as the wronged victim here. :mad:

[Hatman 🍁]

How does it work to replace him? By-election? Or does it fall to a deputy? I think I remember Quebec City having a mayoral by-election a few years ago.

No by-election, as we are less than one year before the next election. To have a by-election, he should have resigned Friday or earlier.

Wow... who is mayor then?

[RogueBeaver]

The Lachine councillor who's currently the acting mayor. She'll be elected by the council as interim mayor for the remaining 14 months in this term.

In related news... Coderre could hit some serious flak for his connections.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1283111--hebert-ghosts-of-quebec-sponsorship-scandal-still-floating-around

[MaxQue]

That's why he delayed. I'm disgusted by how he's posing as the wronged victim here. :mad:

Either he is a wonderful actor, either he is right.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

How likely is he to end up wearing a pretty new pair of bracelets?

[RogueBeaver]

His plausible deniability was shot to pieces when that tidbit about him being in the room when illegal $$$ was discussed emerged last week. Maybe willfully ignorant of some things but he must've known at least some of what was going on in his own administration.

[MaxQue]

How likely is he to end up wearing a pretty new pair of bracelets?

Pretty low. At worse, he knew than there was corruption and did nothing. He doesn't seem to have profited of it at all.

[RogueBeaver]

Yeah, no one really thinks he's personally corrupt.

[Hatman 🍁]

Canada seems to have a lot of corrupt mayors (O'Brien, Ford, Tremblay, DeCicco-Best, Court, etc)