After having first “seriously considered” it, the party of Valérie Plante finally goes ahead with requests for judicial recount at the town hall of Outremont and in the district of Tétreaultville, where the races were both very. tight.
This is what confirmed to Press the director of media relations for the mayoress of Montreal, Youssef Amane, at the end of the day on Thursday. A request to this effect has been filed at the courthouse.
If a magistrate authorizes the request in the coming days, the Élections Montréal organization can then initiate the required procedures.
Earlier, Thursday, Mme Plante had initially said “to consider” these two recounts in the coming days. In Outremont, the mayor of Ensemble Montréal Laurent Desbois won only by 23 votes over Philippe Tomlinson, the outgoing mayor who appears under the colors of Projet Montréal, the mayor’s party.
“Were there any anomalies? We are really studying the different corners with Elections Montreal ”, then raised the mayoress, adding that“ in Tétreaultville too, it is tight enough for us to consider it ”.
In this district of the Mercier – Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, it was Councilor Suzie Miron – who was the president of the municipal council before the election was called – who escaped the election by just over 40 votes, against Julien Hénault-Ratelle from Denis Coderre’s team.
It is not known for the moment whether Ensemble Montreal, for its part, plans to request a judicial recount.
According to the official results, Projet Montreal obtained 37 seats, while Denis Coderre’s team obtained 23. Five seats belong to independents.