Laurent Blanchard

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2013 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Hochelaga
Laurent Blanchard
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43rd Mayor of Montreal
In office
June 25, 2013 November 14, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Projet Montréal Éric Alan Caldwell 3,40835.18+5.61
Coalition Montréal Laurent Blanchard (incumbent mayor)2,73928.28−29.08
Vrai changement Mikael St-Pierre2,01320.78 
Équipe Denis Coderre Patrick Charbonneau1,24412.84 
Independent Nicole Donnelly2822.91 
Total valid votes9,68697.06 
Total rejected ballots2932.94 
Turnout9,97942.01+4.44
Electors on the lists23,755  
Source: Election results, 2013, City of Montreal.
2009 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Hochelaga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Vision Montreal Laurent Blanchard (incumbent)4,96557.36+10.90
Projet Montréal Éric Alan Caldwell 2,56029.57+12.03
Union Montreal Louis Cléroux1,13113.07−22.94
Total valid votes8,65696.73 
Total rejected ballots2933.27 
Turnout8,94937.57 
Electors on the lists23,817  
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.
2005 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Hochelaga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Vision Montreal Laurent Blanchard 2,87746.46−17.62
Citizens Union Luc Larivée (incumbent)2,23036.01+10.48
Projet Montréal José Feliciano Arias1,08617.54
Total valid votes6,193
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

References

  1. Blanchard's other portfolios (buildings, real estate transactions, and information technology) appear to have been newly created positions.
  2. 1 2 3 "Laurent Blanchard new interim mayor of Montreal" Archived 2013-06-28 at the Wayback Machine . The Gazette , June 25, 2013.
  3. Conseil d'arrondissement, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, City of Montreal, accessed 18 November 2012.
  4. Linda Gyulai, "City councillors to vote on pay freeze," Montreal Gazette, 1 November 2006, A8.
  5. Windsor Star, 19 December 2006, C1.
  6. Linda Gyulai, "Rising contract costs raise questions; Short-lived price drop over,"Montreal Gazette, 17 November 2011, A4. The phrase, "deviate from norms" is Gyulai's.
  7. Linda Gyulai, "Two ways city could fight collusion," Montreal Gazette, 17 September 2012, A4.
  8. "New Montreal agglomeration council named". The Gazette (Montreal) . November 22, 2012.
  9. "Tensions rise over executive committee; Union Montreal unhappy with role," Montreal Gazette, 21 November 2012, A4; Ren Bruemmer, "Applebaum delivers promised mix; Executive committee introduced; Vision gets three seats, Union three, Projet two, plus three independents," Montreal Gazette, 23 November 2012, A4; "Applebaum appoints rare coalition cabinet to run Montreal", CTV News, 22 November 2012, accessed 11 July 2013.
  10. Catherine Solyom, "City bars Dessau from bidding for 5 years; Other firms admitting collusion will face bans, too," Montreal Gazette, 27 April 2013, A7. Applebaum and Blanchard added that other firms admitting collusion would also be banned.
  11. 1 2 Ren Bruemmer, "Blanchard pledges serenity, stability; Former newspaper publisher sworn in after a close vote," Montreal Gazette, 26 June 2013, A4.
  12. Christopher Curtis, "Blanchard shuffles city's executive committee, seeking consensus," Montreal Gazette, 29 June 2013, A4.
  13. Monsieur Laurent Blanchard, City of Montreal, accessed 11 July 2013.
  14. Sue Montgomery, "Contracts go to firms linked to corruption; City taps SNC Lavalin, BPR to fix crumbling infrastructure despite previous bid-rigging," Montreal Gazette, 8 August 2013, A6.
  15. "Montreal North residents unimpressed by $1.1M piece of street art". 29 July 2015.
  16. "Une oeuvre gigantesque qui fait des vagues | JDM". 29 July 2015.
  17. "Mayor Applebaum appoints cross-party Executive Committee". CTV Montreal. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 23 November 2012.