Laval municipal election, 2005

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The 2005 Laval municipal election took place on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Laval, Quebec.

Laval, Quebec City and Administrative region in Quebec, Canada

Laval is a Canadian city in southwestern Quebec, north of Montreal. It forms its own administrative region of Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016.

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.

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Gilles Vaillancourt was elected to a fifth term as mayor, and his municipal party won every seat on city council. No other parties contested the election.

Gilles Vaillancourt Canadian mayor

Gilles Vaillancourt is a former Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corruption and fraud. During this time Vaillancourt was also the leader of the Parti PRO des Lavallois.

Results

Mayor

2005 Laval municipal election, Mayor of Laval edit
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Gilles Vaillancourt 58,804 74.61
Independent Audrey Boisvert 12,613 16.00
Independent Emilio Migliozzi 3,928 4.98
Independent Régent Millette 3,474 4.41
Total valid votes 78,819 100

Council

2005 Laval election, Councillor, District One
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Jacques St-Jean 2,939 73.60
Independent Christian Lajoie 548 13.72
Independent Franklin Valois 506 12.67
Total valid votes3,993100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Two
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Sylvie Clermont accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Three
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Madeleine Sollazzo 2,884 70.05
Independent Tino Rossi 1,233 29.95
Total valid votes4,117100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Four
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois Michèle Des Trois Maisons 2,466 58.16
Independent François Bordeleau 1,480 34.91
Independent Robert Allard 294 6.93
Total valid votes4,240100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Five
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Francine Légaré 2,536 71.52
Independent Alain Bordeleau 776 21.88
Independent Carmen Beauséjour 234 6.60
Total valid votes3,546100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Six
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Jean-Jacques Lapierre accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Seven
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Benoit Fradet accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Eight
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Norman Girard accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Nine
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Yvon Martineau accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Ten
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Lucie Hill Larocque 2,789 72.40
Independent Alexandre Foisy 1,063 27.60
Total valid votes3,852100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Eleven
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois Ginette Grisé 2,153 61.90
Independent Robert Bordeleau 1,247 35.85
Independent Jacquelin Mainville 78 2.24
Total valid votes3,478100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Twelve
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Jocelyne Guertin 3,526 83.34
Independent Louis Bordeleau 705 16.66
Total valid votes4,231100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Thirteen
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Ginette Legault Bernier accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Fourteen
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Basile Angelopoulos 3,590 89.93
Independent Gopal Arora 247 6.19
Independent Samira Tasli 155 3.88
Total valid votes3,992100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Fifteen
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois Alexandre Duplessis accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Sixteen
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Pierre Cléroux 3,155 77.96
Independent Sylvain A. Trottier 892 22.04
Total valid votes4,047100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Seventeen
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Jean-Jacques Beldié accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Eighteen
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Robert Plante accl.
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Nineteen
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Yvon Bromley 2,621 75.86
Independent Kevin Christo Lefebvre 834 24.14
Total valid votes3,455100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Twenty
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)André Boileau 3,659 76.21
Independent Daniel Lafrenière 1,142 23.79
Total valid votes4,801100.00
2005 Laval election, Councillor, District Twenty-One
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois (x)Denis Robillard 3,267 74.47
Mouvement lavallois Yvon Montplaisir 1,120 25.53
Total valid votes4,387100.00

Source: ÉLECTION MUNICIPALE DU 6 NOVEMBRE 2005, City of Laval.

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