2001 Montreal municipal election

2001 Montreal municipal election
74 seats in Montreal City Council
Mayor before election; Pierre Bourque; Vision Montreal	Elected mayor ; Gérald Tremblay; Citizens Union

The 2001 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gérald Tremblay defeated incumbent Pierre Bourque to become mayor of the newly amalgamated city. This was the only municipal election that was held for the amalgamated city (the amalgamation took effect on January 1, 2002), as the next municipal election was for the defused city.

All mayoral candidates were also allowed to run for a seat on council, with "alternates" who would assume the council seat if the mayoral candidates were elected to both offices.

Results

Mayor

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Mayor of Montreal
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Gérald Tremblay	311,451	50.37
Vision Montreal		(x)Pierre Bourque	279,123	45.14
White Elephant Party		Michel Bédard	9,785	1.58
Independent		Super Cauchon	8,382	1.36
Independent		Pierre Larouche	1,991	0.32
Independent		Patricia Métivier	1,809	0.29
Independent		Daniel Cormier	1,434	0.23
Independent		Ricardo Hrtschan	1,290	0.21
Independent		Al Cappe	943	0.15
Independent		Daniel Simon	909	0.15
Independent		Ian Fitchtenbaum	811	0.13
Independent		Samoila Pirau	366	0.06
Total valid votes			618,294	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Council (incomplete)

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Acadie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		(x)Hasmig Belleli	5,493	59.51
Montreal Island Citizens Union		James Kromida	3,737	40.49
Total valid votes			9,230	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Ahuntsic
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		(x)Pierre Lapointe	6,673	65.17
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Pierre Lachapelle	3,566	34.83
Total valid votes			10,239	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Frank Venneri (incumbent)	4,548	58.04
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Daniel Boucher	2,968	37.88
White Elephant Party		Charles Paradis	320	4.08
Total valid votes			7,836	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Christine Poulin	4,636	57.45
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Richard Théorêt (incumbent)	2,945	36.50
White Elephant Party		Benoit Mainguy	488	6.05
Total valid votes			8,069	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Line Hamel	4,773	66.97
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Robert Blondin	2,098	29.44
White Elephant Party		Daniel Paré	256	3.59
Total valid votes			7,127	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Parc-Extension
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Mary Deros (incumbent)	3,819	48.67
Montreal Island Citizens Union		George Vathilakis	2,617	33.35
Independent		Sofoklis Rasoulis	1,410	17.97
Total valid votes			7,846	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Nicolas Tétrault	5,248	61.66
Montreal Island Citizens Union		André Cardinal (incumbent)	2,510	29.49
White Elephant Party		Josée Fournier	510	5.99
Independent		Ann Farrell	150	1.76
Independent		Man Yee Cheung	93	1.09
Total valid votes			8,511	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Point-Saint-Charles
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Jacqueline Montpetit	2,995	50.16
Montreal Island Citizens Union		René Labrosse	1,490	24.95
Independent		Richard Wafer	1,365	22.86
Independent		Lionel Petit	121	2.03
Total valid votes			5,971	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Frank Zampino	20,279	26.29
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Yvette Bissonnet	18,438	23.90
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Dominic Perri	16,818	21.80
Vision Montreal		Vincenzo Arciresi	7,555	9.79
Vision Montreal		Basilio Giordano	6,417	8.32
Vision Montreal		Louise Blackburn	6,190	8.02
White Elephant Party		Denis Fournier	896	1.16
Independent		Dolly N. Makambo	557	0.72
Total valid votes			77,150	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Michel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Paolo Tamburello (incumbent)	5,911	65.24
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Nancy Forlini	2,684	29.62
White Elephant Party		Thérèse Beaulieu	466	5.14
Total valid votes			9,061	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Sulpice
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		(x)Maurice Beauchamp	6,064	67.56
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Salvatore Rubbo	2,912	32.44
Total valid votes			8,976	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Borough councils (incomplete)

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Robert Zambito	10,034	73.03
Vision Montreal		Lino Colapelle	3,705	26.97
Total valid votes			13,739	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election: Saint-Leonard borough Councillor, Port-Maurice division
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Mario Battista	7,694	57.78
Vision Montreal		Italo Barone	3,274	24.59
Independent		Steve Gentile	2,347	17.63
Total valid votes			13,315	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

Composition of city and borough councils

Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:

Mayor of Montreal
One, two, or three city councillors for the whole borough or one for each district, who are also borough councillors
Zero or one additional borough councillors for the whole borough or for each district

Borough	District	Borough Councillors
		City Councillors				Borough Councillor
			City Councillor	City Councillor	City Councillor	Borough Councillor

Ahuntsic-Cartierville	L'Acadie		Hasmig Belleli
	Ahuntsic		Pierre Lapointe
	Cartierville		Noushig Eloyan
	Saint-Sulpice		Maurice Beauchamp
	Sault-au-Récollet		Achille Polcaro

Anjou	—		Luis Miranda	Carol Beaupré		Andrée Hénault

Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé	Beaurepaire		Roy Kemp			Florence Grassby
Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé	James-Morgan		Roy Kemp			Anne-Marie Parent

Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Côte-des-Neiges		Francine Senécal
	Darlington		Saulie Zajdel
	Décarie		Marcel Tremblay
	Loyola		Jeremy Searle
	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Michael Appelbaum
	Snowdon		Marvin Rotrand

Côte-Saint-Luc– Hampstead–Montreal West	—		Robert Libman	Dida Berku		Anthony Housefather

Dollard-Des Ormeaux– Roxboro	—		Edward Janiszewski	Howard Zingboim		Zoe Bayouk

Dorval–L'Île-Dorval	Désiré-Girouard		Peter B. Yeomans			Egard A. Rouleau
Dorval–L'Île-Dorval	Strathmore		Peter B. Yeomans			Robert M. Bourbeau

L'Île-Bizard– Sainte-Geneviève– Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	Anse-à-l'Orme		Normand Marinacci			Bill Tierney
L'Île-Bizard– Sainte-Geneviève– Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	Jacques-Bizard		Normand Marinacci			Richard Bélanger

Kirkland	Brunswick		John W. Meaney			Brian Macdonald
Kirkland	Côte-Sainte-Marie		John W. Meaney			Michel Gibson

Lachine	—		Claude Dauphin	Jane Cowell-Poitras		Bernard Blanchet

LaSalle	Cecil-P.-Newman		Manon Barbe	Alvaro Farinacci	Richard Deschamps	Michael Vadacchino
LaSalle	Sault-Saint-Louis		Manon Barbe	Alvaro Farinacci	Richard Deschamps	Oksana Kaluzny

Mercier– Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Hochelaga		Luc Larivée
	Longue-Pointe		Claire St-Arnaud
	Louis-Riel		Lyn Faust
	Maisonneuve		Richer Dompierre
	Tétreaultville		Ivon Le Duc

Montréal-Nord	Marie-Clarac		Marcel Parent	Jean-Marc Gibeau	James V. Infantino	Georgette L. Morin
Montréal-Nord	Ovide-Clermont		Marcel Parent	Jean-Marc Gibeau	James V. Infantino	Normand Fortin

Mount Royal	Frederick-G.-Todd		Suzanne Caron			Cliff Carrie
Mount Royal	Rockland		Suzanne Caron			Nicholas Stephens

Outremont	Jeanne-Sauvé		Stéphane Harbour			Claude B. Piquette
Outremont	Joseph-Beaubien		Stéphane Harbour			Marie Cinq-Mars

Pierrefonds-Senneville	—		Monique Worth	Bertrand A. Ward		René LeBlanc

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Jeanne-Mance		Michel Prescott
	Laurier		Christine Poulin
	Mile End		Helen Fotopulos
	Plateau-Mont-Royal		Nicolas Tétrault

Pointe-Claire	Donegani		Bill McMurchie			Aldo Iermieri
Pointe-Claire	Valois		Bill McMurchie			Morris Trudeau

Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles– Montréal-Est	Bout-de-l'Île		Colette Paul
	Marc-Aurèle-Fortin		Cosmo Maciocia
	Pointe-aux-Trembles		Marius Minier
	Rivière-des-Prairies		Michel Plante

Rosemont– La Petite-Patrie	Étienne-Desmarteau		Nicole Thibault
	Louis-Hébert		Jean-François Plante
	Marie-Victorin		Pierre Bourque
	Saint-Édouard		François Purcell
	Vieux-Rosemont		Denise Laroucche

Saint-Laurent	Côte-de-Liesse		Alan DeSousa	René Dussault	Irving Grundman	Maurice Cohen
Saint-Laurent	Normand-McLaren		Alan DeSousa	René Dussault	Irving Grundman	Michèle D. Biron

Saint-Léonard	Grande-Prairie		Frank Zampino	Yvette Bissonnet	Dominic Perri	Robert Zambito
Saint-Léonard	Port-Maurice		Frank Zampino	Yvette Bissonnet	Dominic Perri	Mario Battista

Le Sud-Ouest	Émard		Robert Bousquet
	Louis-Cyr		Line Hamel
	Pointe-Saint-Charles		Jacqueline Montpetit

Verdun	Champlain		Georges Bossé	Laurent Dugas	Claude Trudel	Ginette Marotte
Verdun	Desmarchais-Crawford		Georges Bossé	Laurent Dugas	Claude Trudel	John Gallagher

Ville-Marie	Peter-McGill		Louise O'Sullivan
	Saint-Jacques		Robert Laramée
	Sainte-Marie		Martin Lemay

Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension	Jarry		Anie Samson
	Jean-Rivard		Frank Venneri
	Parc-Extension		Mary Deros
	Saint-Michel		Paolo Tamburello
	Villeray		Sylvain Lachance

Westmount	Côte-Saint-Antoine		Karin Marks			John de Castell
Westmount	W.-D.-Lighthall		Karin Marks			Cynthia Lulham

Information about the candidates

Montreal Island Citizens Union

Robert Blondin (Louis-Cyr) appears to have been a first-time candidate. During the 1980s, a person named Robert Blondin chaired the Parti Québécois's riding committee in Saint-Henri and criticized René Lévesque's decision to de-emphasize the party's focus on Quebec sovereignty.^[1] This may have been the same person.
Gilles Marette (Louis-Riel) was a first time candidate.
Nancy Boileau (Maisonneuve) is a community activist. In 2000, she sought to initiate a class-action lawsuit on behalf of commuters who had waited in cold weather for city buses that never arrived or were too full to pick up more passengers.^[2] In the 2001 campaign, she campaigned against gentrification and for more affordable housing.^[3]

Vision Montreal

Lino Colapelle (Saint-Léonard-Est borough council) was a first-time candidate.

White Elephant Party

Charles Paradis (Jean-Rivard), Daniel Paré (Louis-Cyr) and Denis Fournier (Saint-Léonard) were first-time candidates.^[4]

Independents

Steve Gentile (Port-Maurice) was a first-time candidate. There is a noted designer in Saint-Leonard named Steve Gentile, though it is not known if this is the same person.^[5]

Seat-by-seat results (incomplete)

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes				Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	MICU	Vision Montréal	Other	Incumbent
Côtes-des-Neiges	City councillor		Francine Senécal 3,637	Pierre-Yves Melançon 3,483	François Dumoulin (White Elephant Party) 220	Pierre-Yves Melançon
Darlington	City councillor		Aline Malka 3,109	Saulie Zajdel 3,304	Koffi Doumon (Ind.) 230	Saulie Zajdel (Victoria) Jean-E. Fortier (Darlington)
Décarie	City councillor	6,150	Marcel Tremblay 3,792 (61.66%)	Sonya Biddle 2,358 (38.34%)		Sonya Biddle
Loyola	City councillor		Jeremy Searle 4,986	Darryl Gray 1,766		Jeremy Searle
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	City councillor		Michael Applebaum 5,257	Jean-E. Fortier 2,356	Allan Heafey (White Elephant Party) 190	Michael Applebaum
Snowdon	City councillor		Marvin Rotrand 4,913	Bill Surkis 2,109		Marvin Rotrand

Dorval–L'Île-Dorval

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes				Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	MICU	Vision Montréal	Other	Incumbent
Dorval–L'Île-Dorval	City councillor	8,031	Peter Yeomans 7,440 (92.64%)	Len MacDonald 591 (7.36%)		New position
Strathmore	Borough councillor		Robert M. Bourbeau 3,929	François Guidi 382		New position
Désiré–Girouard	Borough councillor		Edgar Rouleau 3,228	Mario Mammone 425		New position

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes				Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	MICU	Vision Montréal	Other	Incumbent
Hochelaga	City councillor	6,636	Jean-François Moisan 1,760 (26.52%)	Luc Larivée 4,418 (66.58%)	Danielle Giasson (White Elephant Party) 458 (6.90%)
Maisonneuve	City councillor	7,993	Nancy Boileau 2,248 (28.12%)^[6]	Richer Dompierre 5,745 (71.88%)
Louis-Riel	City councillor	9,223	Gilles Marette 2,836 (30.75%)^[7]	Lyn Faust 6,387 (69.25%)
Longue-Pointe	City councillor		Martin Dumont 3,767	Claire St-Arnaud 5,474
Tétreaultville	City councillor	10,082	Francisca Marques 2,968 (29.44%)	Ivon Le Duc 7,114 (70.56%)

Montréal-Nord

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes				Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	MICU	Vision Montréal	Other	Incumbent
Montréal-Nord	City councillor (three members)	68,695	Marcel Parent 12,884 (18.76%) Jean-Marc Gibeau 12,097 (17.61%) James Infantino 11,451 (16.67%)	Michelle Allaire 11,359 (16.54%) Luigi di Vito 9,960 (14.50%) Nicole Roy-Arcelin 9,590 (13.96%)	Jean-Claude Mvilongo 1,354 (1.97%)	New positions
Marie-Clarac	Borough councillor		Georgette L. Morin 6,199	Antonin Dupont 5,595	Henri-Paul Bernier 766	New position
Ovide-Clermont	Borough councillor		Normand Fortin 7,222	Fritzberg Daleus 4,355		New position

Verdun

Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes				Incumbent
Electoral District	Position	Total valid votes	MICU	Vision Montréal	Other	Incumbent
Verdun	City councillor (three members)	58,773	Georges Bossé 11,415 (19.42%) Laurent Dugas 9,001 (15.31%) Claude Trudel 8,540 (14.53%)	Danielle Paiement 7,593 (12.92%) Robert Isabelle 7,577 (12.89%) Micheline Senécal 7,377 (12.55%)	Catherine Chauvin 4,843 (8.24%) Pierre Labrosse 1,641 (2.79%) Daniel Racicot (White Elephant Party) 786 (1.34%)	New positions
Desmarchais-Crawford	Borough councillor	10,804	John Gallagher 5,553 (51.40%)	André Savard 5,251 (48.60%)		New position
Champlain	Borough councillor	10,197	Ginette Marotte 5,026 (49.29%)	Robert Filiatrault 4,761 (46.69%)	Cook Gosselin 410 (4.02%)	New position

References

^ Nancy Wood, "Lalonde wins St. Henri with premier's backing," Montreal Gazette, October 30, 1985, A4; Graham Fraser, "Levesque leaves sovereignty issue in doubt for vote," Globe and Mail, September 24, 1984, p. 1.
^ Uyen Vu, "Drivers, MUCTC ink deal But transit peace hinges on maintenance accord," Montreal Gazette, March 6, 2000, A1.
^ Paul Cherry, "Pride meets poverty: Ste. Catherine St. E. merchants seek relief from stricken economy," Montreal Gazette, October 10, 2001, A6.
^ The Montreal Gazette reported in 2004 that a Denis Fournier of Saint-Leonard had drowned while fishing. This may have been the same person. See "Fisherman's body found along river," Montreal Gazette, July 21, 2004, A7.
^ Maria Puente, "A fairytale re-spun: Designers tell tale of Di's dress," The Province, July 28, 2006, p. 20.
^ Boileau is a community activist. In 2000, she sought to initiate a class-action lawsuit on behalf of commuters who had waited in cold weather for city buses that never arrived or were too full to pick up more passengers. In the 2001 campaign, she campaigned against gentrification and for more affordable housing. See Paul Cherry, "Pride meets poverty: Ste. Catherine St. E. merchants seek relief from stricken economy," Montreal Gazette, October 10, 2001, A6; Uyen Vu, "Drivers, MUCTC ink deal But transit peace hinges on maintenance accord," Montreal Gazette, March 6, 2000, A1.
^ Marette was a first-time candidate.

[1] Nancy Wood, "Lalonde wins St. Henri with premier's backing," Montreal Gazette, October 30, 1985, A4; Graham Fraser, "Levesque leaves sovereignty issue in doubt for vote," Globe and Mail, September 24, 1984, p. 1.

[2] Uyen Vu, "Drivers, MUCTC ink deal But transit peace hinges on maintenance accord," Montreal Gazette, March 6, 2000, A1.

[3] Paul Cherry, "Pride meets poverty: Ste. Catherine St. E. merchants seek relief from stricken economy," Montreal Gazette, October 10, 2001, A6.

[4] The Montreal Gazette reported in 2004 that a Denis Fournier of Saint-Leonard had drowned while fishing. This may have been the same person. See "Fisherman's body found along river," Montreal Gazette, July 21, 2004, A7.

[5] Maria Puente, "A fairytale re-spun: Designers tell tale of Di's dress," The Province, July 28, 2006, p. 20.

[6] Boileau is a community activist. In 2000, she sought to initiate a class-action lawsuit on behalf of commuters who had waited in cold weather for city buses that never arrived or were too full to pick up more passengers. In the 2001 campaign, she campaigned against gentrification and for more affordable housing. See Paul Cherry, "Pride meets poverty: Ste. Catherine St. E. merchants seek relief from stricken economy," Montreal Gazette, October 10, 2001, A6; Uyen Vu, "Drivers, MUCTC ink deal But transit peace hinges on maintenance accord," Montreal Gazette, March 6, 2000, A1.

[7] Marette was a first-time candidate.

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