Nominations close for Quebec municipal elections, several candidates for mayor uncontested – Montreal
The nominations have formally closed for the 2021 Quebec municipal elections.
Candidates had till 4:30 p.m. Friday to submit their names so as to be included on the ballots on Nov. 7.
The Metropolis of Montreal will see its incumbent Valérie Plante run once more for the mayoral place, whereas in Quebec Metropolis, longstanding mayor Régis Labeaume — who has held the place since 2007 — won’t be again on the poll.
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A number of municipalities throughout Quebec have already elected their mayor by acclamation.
Here’s a have a look at who’s operating (and who has already been acclaimed) in a few of Quebec’s municipalities.
Metropolis of Montreal: Valérie Plante (incumbent), Balarama Holness, Denis Coderre, Beverly Bernardo, Jean Duval, Fang Hu, Widler Jules, Luc Ménard, Dimitri Mourkes, Gilbert Thibodeau
Quebec Metropolis: Patrice Fortin, Alain Giasson, Jean-François Gosselin, Bruno Marchand, Lucie Perreault, Jean Rousseau, Marie-Josée Savard, Jackie Smith
Laval: Pierre Anthian, Stéphane Boyer, Hélène Goupil, Nicolas Lemire, Michel Poissant, Michel Trottier, Sophie Trottier, Redouane Yahmi
Montreal East: Robert Coutu, Anik Ruel, Anne St-Laurent
Montreal West: Eric Aberman, Lauren Small-Pennefather, Nathaniel Ward
Hampstead: Jeremy Levi, William Steinberg
Mont-Royal: Peter J. Malouf, Michelle Setlakwe
Westmount: Christina Smith (incumbent), elected by acclamation
Baie d’Urfé: Heidi Ektvedt (incumbent), elected by acclamation
Beaconsfield: Georges Bourelle (incumbent), Johanne Hudon-Armstrong
Chateauguay: Éric Allard, Lucie Lamoureux, Nathalie Simon
Côte Saint-Luc: Mitchell Brownstein (incumbent), David Tordjman
Dollard-des-Ormeaux: Alex Bottausci (incumbent), elected by acclamation
Dorval: Marc Barrette, Giovanni Baruffa, Marc Doret, Richard Moreau
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Hudson: Jamie Nicholls (incumbent), Chloe Hutchison, Helen Kurgansky
Kirkland: Michel Gibson (incumbent), Lucien Pigeon
Longueuil: Catherine Fournier, Josée Latendresse, Jacques Létourneau, Jean-Marc Léveillé
Ormston: Philippe Besombes, Christine McAleer
Pointe-Claire: John Belvedere (incumbent), Lois Butler, Tim Thomas
Pincourt: Yvan Cardinal (incumbent), Claude Comeau
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue: Paola Hawa (incumbent), Francis Juneau
Saint-Lazare: Geneviève Lachance, elected by acclamation
Senneville: Julie Brisebois (incumbent), elected by acclamation
Vaudreuil-Dorion: Man Pilon (incumbent), elected by acclamation
For the total checklist of all of the municipalities within the province, seek the advice of Quebec’s official municipal elections website.
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