The two main candidates for mayor of Montreal voted on Sunday morning, saying they were satisfied with their respective campaigns.
It’s the end of a long marathon for Valérie Plante and Denis Coderre, officially started in mid-September, but unofficially for months.
“We are enthusiastic about starting a second term, but we will wait until the end. It’s a bit stressful day when we have to wait, ”said M.me Plante, who voted in a school in his neighborhood, in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.
“The feeling I have is a feeling of accomplishment, really. I am extremely proud of the team we picked up. “
Mme Plante was accompanied by her partner Pierre-Antoine Harvey and her son Émile, who was voting for the first time. “I must admit that I am quite emotional,” her mother said in front of the cameras. Smirking, the young man said he had “decided to vote for Valérie Plante”.
An hour earlier, at the border between Old Montreal and Griffintown, Denis Coderre had also exercised his right to vote.
“I am very serene, it has been a magnificent campaign,” he told the assembled journalists. “I gave everything I could and I am very, very satisfied. “
Mr. Coderre will continue his tour all day to get the vote out: “we can feel the wind of change. People really want us to move on. “
The former mayor said he was confident to win despite the last two polls where he lags behind his opponent. “Today is the real poll,” he said. I think you are going to be stuck with me. “