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2009 Montreal municipal election: Borough Mayor, Le Sud-Ouest

Line Hamel
Montreal City Councillor for Saint-Henri–La Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles
In office 2005–2009
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Benoit Dorais	4,848	28.41
Union Montreal		Nicole Boudreau	4,821	28.25
Independent		Line Hamel	3,586	21.01
Projet Montréal		Mudi Wa Mbuji Kabeya	3,275	19.19
Independent		Camillien Delisle	537	3.15
Total valid votes			17,067	100
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.

v t e 2005 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Saint-Henri–La Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Line Hamel (incumbent)	3,275	44.56
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Brenda Paris	2,792	37.99
Projet Montréal		Nicole Cloutier	1,283	17.46
Total valid votes			7,350	100
Source: Election results, 2005, City of Montreal.

v t e 2001 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Louis-Cyr
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Vision Montreal		Line Hamel	4,773	66.97
Montreal Island Citizens Union		Robert Blondin	2,098	29.44
White Elephant Party		Daniel Paré	256	3.59
Total valid votes			7,127	100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

1998 Montreal municipal election : Councillor, Saint-Henri
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
New Montreal		Germain Prégent (incumbent)	2,016	44.94
Vision Montreal		Line Hamel	1,757	39.17
Team Montreal		Maria-Ines Osses	456	10.16
Democratic Coalition		Jo Lechay	257	5.73
Total valid votes			4,486	100
Source: Official Results, City of Montreal

References

1. Line Hamel, LinkedIn profile, accessed 30 April 2013.
2. Election coverage in the Montreal Gazette lists the name of the electoral division as "Saint-Henri." See "Bourque's Vision Montreal team takes control of council," Montreal Gazette, 2 November 1998, A18. The official city returns list the division's name as "Saint-Pierre."
3. During the election, Hamel called for the Sud-Ouest region to remain affordable. See John Macfarlane, "Sud Ouest on the rise: Revival of blue-collar district becomes balancing act for haves, have-nots," Montreal Gazette, 29 October 2001, A7.
4. Noah Sidel, "A shot in the arm or a waste of taxpayer money?", Montreal Gazette, 14 July 2007, B2.
5. Sue Montgomery and Rene Bruemmer, "Councillor's father charged with fraud; Will quit vision Montreal caucus. Parent is alleged to have demanded money from developer in 2004 for a zoning change," Montreal Gazette, 14 September 2007, A8.
6. "NO to embankments, NO to the demolition of 166 housing units, But YES to the tramway trains and trolleybuses!", Canada NewsWire, 16 June 2009.
7. Éric Clément, "Sud-Ouest: Benoit Dorais candidat, Line Hamel écartée", La Presse, 14 August 2009, accessed 30 April 2009.
8. "Ex-councillor's father pleads guilty to fraud," Montreal Gazette, 15 January 2010, A11.