Catherine Fournier has received Longueuil’s mayoral race in Quebec’s 2021 municipal election.
At 29-years-old, she is the youngest mayor within the metropolis’s historical past.
Fournier beforehand represented Marie-Victorin at Quebec’s Nationwide Meeting.
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Fournier received with 60.66 per cent of the vote, surpassing Josée Latendresse who completed with 18.34 per cent. The opposite candidates, Jean-Marc Léveillé and Jacques Létourneau, acquired underneath 15 per cent of the vote respectively.
For this election, 33.08 per cent of Longueuil residents voted.
The earlier mayor, Sylvie Father or mother, didn’t run for re-election.
Throughout her time period, Father or mother confronted criticism when she elevated her wage—a call Fournier has promised to reverse.
“I wish to decrease the mayor’s wage. That is without doubt one of the first issues that I’ll do,” stated Fournier after she solid her poll at Charles-Lemoyne School Sunday morning.
From Fournier’s electoral staff, Coalition Longueuil, 13 candidates received council seats.
“My staff is unimaginable, and we’re trying ahead to all of the work we have to do in these subsequent 4 years,” Fournier stated.
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