Cowansville municipal election, 2005

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The 2005 Cowansville municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and councillors in Cowansville, Quebec. Incumbent mayor Arthur Fauteux was re-elected without opposition.

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

Cowansville City in Quebec, Canada

Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 12,489.

Quebec Province of Canada

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

Results

2005 Cowansville election, Mayor of Cowansville
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Arthur Fauteux accl.
2005 Cowansville election, Councillor, District One
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Denis Bourcier26451.87
Conrad Maheu24548.13
Total valid votes509100.00
2005 Cowansville election, Councillor, District Two
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Wayne Yatesaccl.
2005 Cowansville election, Councillor, District Three
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Réal Plourdeaccl..
2005 Cowansville election, Councillor, District Four
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Michel Charbonneauaccl..
2005 Cowansville election, Councillor, District Five
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Yvon Pepin27247.72
Marc Danis16729.30
Guy Patenaude9416.49
Michael Cavanaugh376.49
Total valid votes570100.00
2005 Cowansville election, Councillor, District Six
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Jacqueline Caronaccl..

Source: "Meet your new municipal councils," Sherbrooke Record, 8 November 2005, p. 7.

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