Quebec Municipal Elections 2017

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Would be pleasantly surprised if Coderre loses.

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Incumbent mayors usually do very well, yes. But not as well if there are parties. You'll never see a mayor win a huge landslide in Vancouver, for example.

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The guy running for mayor for coalition Montreal is a former Tory candidate? Wikipedia says they are a "centre-left" party though...

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The guy running for mayor for coalition Montreal is a former Tory candidate? Wikipedia says they are a "centre-left" party though...

They scrape what they can, now one of their candidates is in trouble for saying then feminism is a mental illness.

Ahh. Should change their ideology to "alt-right"

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The guy running for mayor for coalition Montreal is a former Tory candidate? Wikipedia says they are a "centre-left" party though...

They scrape what they can, now one of their candidates is in trouble for saying then feminism is a mental illness.

Ahh. Should change their ideology to "alt-right"

Is it possible that the party was hijacked? I imagine it couldn't be that hard to hijack a municipal party.

Maybe, but hijacked by Coderre himself? it's a personalist list "Equipe Denis Coderre" so I think anyone from the centre to right wing who are looking for a name to jump onto and a vehicle to be elected tried to run for the nomination under his list. Most of the candidates/Councillors were from the old Union Montreal which says it was centrist but looked more centre-right.

We're not talking about Coderre's party, we're talking about Coalition Montréal.

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All of the mayoral candidates in Gatineau oppose the face covering ban: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/gatineau-mayoral-candidates-denounce-quebec-face-covering-ban

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Plante is winning!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/val%C3%A9rie-plante-denis-coderre-in-dead-heat-with-just-days-to-go-before-municipal-election-poll-1.4377735

Plante: 39%
Coderre: 37%

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Yeah, I mean... what happens if Coderre become mayor, but PM gets a majority of seats on council? Anarchy? Wouldn't Coderre be mayor in name only, and Plante (assuming her colistier wins) be the real mayor?

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Hmm, maybe. But things get murkier considering that unlike a Republic, Montreal's executive also sits on council, like in a parliament.

Right now Gatineau is in a similar situation, but since there's one party and a bunch of independents, it's more akin to a minority government.

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Honestly, I'm so torn as to how I'll vote. I dislike Projet Montreal's platform but like Plante personally. I dislike Coderre personally but like Equipe Denis Coderre's platform.

Vote Plante for mayor and for Equipe Denis Coderre's for council/borough, no?

I'm probably splitting my ballot for council/borough between Coalition and EDC based on how much I like each candidate. That may be a good option though!

Nothing stopping you from voting for all three parties!

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Duceppe endorses Coderre. 

lol wtf

Duceppe is basically irrelevant anyway

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I also have maps here: http://canadianelectionatlas.blogspot.ca/2013/11/quebec-municipal-election-results.html

I will have a blog post up tomorrow, hopefully (with more maps!)

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Here's my post: http://canadianelectionatlas.blogspot.ca/2017/11/2017-quebec-municipal-elections-today.html

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Wonder if the weather will hurt turnout? I know it's been pretty rainy out today, so I imagine the same is true in much of Western Quebec.

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old news now, but Lebeaume was declared re-elected in Quebec City.

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Pednaud-Jobin re-elected in Gatineau

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As I keep updating on Twitter, there is more counting to be done in Plante boroughs than in Coderre boroughs, so it's looking good for Plante

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Radio-Canada calls it

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Whoo! Another major city under an NDP-affiliated mayor. Are there any others besides Vancouver, Edmonton, and Saskatoon? Particularly in Eastern Canada.

Chatham-Kent

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In Gatineau, Action Gatineau increases their seat total to 7, but still no majority for the mayor.

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Any reason why the count isn't shown like that?

Borough councillors do not sit on city council.

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City council

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Quebec City

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Laval




If anyone can find me some mayoral results of any municipality by district, I would be happy to make some more maps. I have blank maps of all the big cities.

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I kind of like the idea of boroughs. The idea was floated around when Ottawa amalgamated, but was never implemented, unfortunately.