2009 Sherbrooke municipal election

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The 2009 Sherbrooke municipal election was held on November 11, 2009, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The communities of Brompton and Lennoxville also elected borough councillors, who do not serve on the city council. [1]

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Results

Mayor

2009 Sherbrooke election, Mayor of Sherbrooke
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Bernard Sévigny 17,17334.42
Hélène Gravel17,05134.18
François Godbout14,19028.44
Moustapha Saboun8821.77
Denis Pellerin5961.19
Total valid votes49,892100.00

Councillors

Brompton

2009 Sherbrooke election, Brompton Councillor
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Nicole Bergeronaccl..
2009 Sherbrooke election, Brompton Borough Councillor One
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Benoît Dionneaccl..
2009 Sherbrooke election, Brompton Borough Councillor Two
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Michel Lamontagneaccl..

Fleurimont

2009 Sherbrooke election, Fleurimont Councillor One
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Mariette Fugère1,34847.57
Hélène Dauphinais71425.19
Michel Carrier64522.76
Caroline Vohl1274.48
Total valid votes2,834100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Fleurimont Councillor Two
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Roger Labrecque1,02740.23
Guy Hardy77330.28
Vincent Boutin61724.17
Dany Gagné1365.33
Total valid votes2,553100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Fleurimont Councillor Three
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Jean-Guy Demers1,65359.85
Carroll Lauzon87831.79
Valérie Roy2318.36
Total valid votes2,762100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Fleurimont Councillor Four
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Louida Brochu1,54952.37
Marc Bellemare73024.68
Martin Langlois49016.57
Nicole Grondin-Gaumond1434.83
Nick Watson461.56
Total valid votes2,958100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Fleurimont Councillor Five
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Rémi Demers1,54160.24
Bianca Battistini1,01739.76
Total valid votes2,558100.00

Lennoxville

2009 Sherbrooke election, Lennoxville Councillor
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
David Price 1,20362.43
Tom Allen37219.30
Louise Brisson29515.31
Steve A. Côté572.96
Total valid votes1,927100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Lennoxville Borough Councillor One
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)William Smith56552.41
Robert Salesse51347.59
Total valid votes1,078100.00
2009 Sherbrooke municipal election:
Lennoxville Borough Councillor Two
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Mark McLaughlin29837.48
Alan L. Ansell14918.74
Heather Keith 11814.84
Norman Green9511.95
Mohamed Adjel698.68
Bernard Rodrigue668.30
Total valid votes795100.00
  • Mark McLaughlin is a former vice-president of finance and administration of Bishop's University. He supported a tuition fee increase in April 2007, and in July of the same year he submitted a report that the institution was facing "an exceptional financial crisis." [2] He moved to Lennoxville in 2002 and has served on the board of the Townshippers' Association. In the 2009 election, he promised that he would work to preserve his community's anglophone character and maintain its bilingual status. [3] He wrote a public letter in 2010, opposing suggestions that the Brompton and Lennoxville borough councils should be eliminated; rather, he argues, they should be a model for other boroughs throughout the city. [4]
  • Alan L. Ansell moved to Lennoxville in 1972. [5] He worked for thirty-two years at Bishop's University, where he was coordinator of athletic facilities and chair of the environment and land-use committee; at the time of the 2009 election, he was retired. He highlighted sustainability and transport issues and said that he would work to defend Lennoxville's linguistic character. [6]
  • Norman Green is a customer service agent. [7] He called for greater diligence in the delivery of municipal services, noting that his family did not receive timely warnings about a water boiling advisory. He also highlighted safety issues and said that he would revive the community's moribund Neighbourhood Watch program. [8]
  • Mohamed Adjel is a technician. He arrived in Sherbrooke in 1987 and moved to Lennoxville from the Sherbrooke East borough in 1996. [9] In the 2009 campaign, he promised to uphold the community's anglophone character. [10]
  • Bernard Rodrigue is an entrepreneur born in Lennoxville. He ran for the second borough seat in 2001 and 2009, losing both on both occasions. Fifty years old in 2001, he said that he would extend his community's infrastructure and protect its community's bilingual status. [11]

Mont-Bellevue

2009 Sherbrooke election, Mont-Bellevue Councillor One
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Serge Paquin1,00865.84
Mariame Cissé31420.51
Hubert Richard20913.65
Total valid votes1,531100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Mont-Bellevue Councillor Two
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Robert Y. Pouliotaccl..
2009 Sherbrooke election, Mont-Bellevue Councillor Three
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Pierre Boisvert1,62168.63
Colette Bernier52822.35
Benoit Bergeron2139.02
Total valid votes2,362100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Mont-Bellevue Councillor Four
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Jean-François Rouleau2,35271.49
Jean-Marc Rozon66720.27
Isabelle Morin2718.24
Total valid votes3,290100.00

Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville

2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor One
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Diane Délisle1,53975.78
Kévin Côté49224.22
Total valid votes2,031100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor Two
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Bruno Vachon1,66962.44
Denis Veilleux79629.78
Guy Bissonnette2087.78
Total valid votes2,673100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor Three
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Serge Forest1,79554.94
André Proulx1,35141.35
Antoine Hellebuyck1213.70
Total valid votes3,267100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor Four
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Julien Lachance1,89171.22
Alexandre Blanchette76428.78
Total valid votes2,655100.00
  • Julien Lachance was born on March 7, 1959, in Sherbrooke. He has a Bachelor's degree in finance and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree, and has worked as an insurance broker and financial advisor. [12] He was first elected to the Sherbrooke city council in 2001, defeating incumbent councillor Marie-Paule Samson. [13] In February 2002, he was appointed to Mayor Jean Perrault's executive committee. [14] He opposed efforts to de-amalgamate Sherbrooke in 2004. [15] Re-elected over Pierre Harvey in 2005, Lachance was the only incumbent re-appointed to Perrault's executive committee after the campaign. [16] He supported a new mall in his community in 2009. [17] After being elected to a third term in 2009, Lachance was chosen as borough president for Rock-Forest-St-Elie-Deauville. [18]

Jacques-Cartier

2009 Sherbrooke election, Jacques-Cartier Councillor One
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Nathalie Goguen1,30939.22
Marcel Fabi1,10132.98
Denis Beaudoin81224.33
Sébastien Côrriveau1163.48
Total valid votes3,338100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Jacques-Cartier Councillor Two
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Chantal L'Espérance1,62059.38
Maryse Ruel90133.03
Samuel Pépin2077.59
Total valid votes2,728100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Jacques-Cartier Councillor Three
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Marc Denault2,42678.06
Marc Boulianne32810.55
André Larkin2026.50
Dominique Baert973.12
Benjamin Zielinski551.77
Total valid votes3,108100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Jacques-Cartier Councillor Four
CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Pierre Tardif96432.47
Gaston Leroux87429.44
Sylvie Proulx78726.51
Charles Tardif2257.58
Sébastien Fortin1194.01
Total valid votes2,969100.00

Source: Résultants 2009, Élections municipales 2009, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

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  2. ↑ Jen Young, "'It will be a dead end for the university'; Some students want tuition increase," Sherbrooke Record, 26 April 2007, p. 3; Jan Ravensbergen, "Bishop's facing 'crisis'," Montreal Gazette, 19 July 2007, p. 1.
  3. ↑ Jen Young, "Lennoxville ticket still growing," Sherbrooke Record, 18 September 2009, p. 3; Jen Young, "At a Glance: Lennoxville (Fairview)," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2009, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Mark McLaughlin, "Elimination of the Lennoxville Borough?", Sherbrooke Record, 6 July 2010, p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Alan Ansell candidat à Fairwiew", La Tribune (Sherbrooke), 11 August 2009, accessed 19 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Jen Young, "At a Glance: Lennoxville (Fairview)," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2009, p. 4; "Ansell to Run in Lennoxville," Sherbrooke Record, 11 August 2009, p. 3.
  7. ↑ David Bombardier, "Pierre Tardif candidat dans le district du Carrefour", La Tribune (Sherbrooke), 13 June 2009, accessed 19 February 2011.
  8. ↑ Jen Young, "At a Glance: Lennoxville (Fairview)," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2009, p. 4.
  9. ↑ Mohamed Adjel, Candidat dans la district Fairview, meselections.ca, accessed 19 February 2011.
  10. ↑ Jen Young, "At a Glance: Lennoxville (Fairview)," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2009, p. 4.
  11. ↑ Daniel Huot, "Bernard Rodrigue foils Allen's shoo-in for Lenn district 3.2," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2001, p. 4; Daniel Huot, "Lennoxville Borough Council 3.2: Lennoxville Elections 2001," Sherbrooke Record, 23 October 2001, p. 11.
  12. ↑ Biography Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine , Julien Lachance, accessed 4 February 2011.
  13. ↑ Rita Legault, "Jean Perrault will lead new city team," Sherbrooke Record, 5 November 2001, p. 3.
  14. ↑ Daniel Huot, "Anglos get voice on city committees," Sherbrooke Record, 5 February 2002, p. 1.
  15. ↑ Rita Legault, "Mayor and councillors launch demerger offensive," Sherbrooke Record, 4 May 2004, p. 1.
  16. ↑ Rita Legault, "Mayor Perrault hands over gavel to Tanguay," Sherbrooke Record, 23 November 2005, p. 1.
  17. ↑ Rita Legault, "New St-lie mall to help revitalize," Sherbrooke Record, 13 January 2009, p. 1.
  18. ↑ Doug McCooeye, "Borough presidents elected," Sherbrooke Record, 2 December 2009, p. 1.
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