Jean Lamarche finally inducted in Trois-Rivières
Mayor Jean Lamarche won the confidence of the voters of Trois-Rivières with more than 60% of the votes for his first four-year term. He thus collects a clear majority, like the 2019 by-election where he won with 55% of the vote. He had only been in office for two years, due to the resignation of longtime mayor Yves Lévesque for health reasons. He crossed swords with Gilles Brodeur and Valérie Renaud-Martin, who hoped to become the first mayor of this city. Mr. Lamarche appeared elated in front of television cameras Sunday evening, declaring that Trois-Rivières “is the most beautiful city in the solar system”.
Beaudin becomes the very first mayor of Sherbrooke
A first woman has just acceded to the town hall of Sherbrooke. Councilor Évelyne Beaudin narrowly edged former Liberal minister Luc Fortin in a close race on Sunday evening. At the time of this writing, she held more than 1,400 votes ahead of her main opponent, with 42% of the vote against 39%. The outgoing mayor, Steve Lussier, was defeated after a single term, with 19% of the vote. The fight was close between Mme Beaudin, from the Sherbrooke Citoyen party, and Luc Fortin, independent candidate who was Minister of Culture and Minister of Families in the Couillard government.
Plant overturned by Traversy in Terrebonne
Former PQ member Mathieu Traversy bitten the dust to the outgoing mayor of Terrebonne, Marc-André Plante, who was elected in 2017. From the unveiling of the first results, the 37-year-old politician had a comfortable lead of more than 80%. He was declared the winner relatively early in the evening and, as of this writing, Mr. Traversy had 77% of the vote against 20% for Mr. Plante. All the city councilors on his team were also ahead. The one who was deputy for the riding of Terrebonne between 2008 and 2018 ran under the banner of the Mouvement Terrebonne party, which formed the official opposition and for which he had been a consultant.
Former Bloc Québécois MP Nicolas Dufour elected in Repentigny
Former Bloc member Nicolas Dufour, from the Avenir Repentigny party, was declared mayor of Repentigny in the evening when he was running against two other candidates. At the time of writing, he held a 61% lead over his closest opponent, Eric Chartré, who for his part had 29% of the vote. Mr. Chartré was the dauphin of the outgoing mayor, Chantal Deschamps. She had announced her decision not to run for office again this spring after a 24-year reign. Martin Nadon is the third option. The campaign was particularly marked by issues of racial profiling and the environment.
Guy Caron, new mayor of Rimouski
Guy Caron, the former federal deputy of the New Democratic Party (NDP), won the election for mayor of Rimouski, with a landslide victory over his only rival, Virginie Proulx. At 10:40 p.m., the new mayor won more than 78% of the votes, a large lead over the outgoing councilor of the district of Bic, who only obtained nearly 21% of the votes, after a count of 80 boxes out of 99. The defeated candidate aspired to become the first woman elected to mayor of Rimouski, on the basis of a program putting the environment forward as a priority. For his part, Guy Caron campaigned by prioritizing the revitalization of downtown Rimouski and the issue of the housing shortage.
Josée Néron defeated in Saguenay
Julie Dufour delighted the town hall of Saguenay to Josée Néron who had held the reins of the municipality since 2017 and was seeking a second term. In the days leading up to the election, a poll placed the two candidates neck and neck. But at 10:40 p.m., the outgoing city councilor collected nearly 46% of the votes, while her rival, the outgoing mayoress, only obtained about 31% of the votes, after a count of 352 out of 487 ballot boxes. Liberal Minister Serge Simard finished in third position, ahead of Catherine Morissette, Claude Côté and Jacinthe Vaillancourt. In total, seven candidates faced each other in Saguenay, including four women.