Election headlines
- Montreal mayor says he will clean up city hall
- Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay announced the city would limit new spending to only essential contracts pending the outcome of investigations into allegations of collusion and corruption in the construction industry.
- Town councillor dies moments after re-election
- One minute, popular local politician in a small Quebec town was revelling in his re-election to town council. The next, he was sprawled on the floor of city hall having been hit by a heart attack.
- Projet Montréal leader celebrates election results
- Dark horse mayoralty candidate Richard Bergeron is dismissing accusations that he split the vote in Sunday's civic election in Montreal, helping to re-elect incumbent Gérald Tremblay.
- Montreal election results still hazy
- Montreal election officials say it is unclear when the final results of Sunday's municipal election will be announced.
- Projet Montréal shines in Plateau
- Upstart Projet Montréal dominated in the city's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, ousting several long-serving council members in its electoral sweep of the densely-populated district.
- Benedetti falls in West Island election
- Some West Island voters opted for change in Sunday's municipal election, ousting incumbent mayors in the demerged cities of Beaconsfield and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
- Tremblay wins Montreal mayor race
- Gérald Tremblay has won a third straight term as mayor of Montreal despite a campaign dominated by allegations of corruption involving the Mob and construction companies.
- Quebec star Ginette Reno wins big at ADISQ
- Beloved Quebec songstress Ginette Reno was a mighty presence at Sunday night's ADISQ awards in Montreal, winning three Félix awards including female artist of the year.
- Former Bloc MP elected as Longueuil mayor
- Former Bloc Québécois MP Caroline St-Hilaire was elected mayor of the city of Longueuil on Montreal's south shore, ousting a party that has been in power for 27 years.
- Sherbrooke has first new mayor in 15 years
- With a margin of only 122 votes separating him from his closest competitor, Bernard Sévigny has been elected mayor of Sherbrooke.
- Vaillancourt wins 6th term as Laval mayor
- Gilles Vaillancourt has been elected for a sixth time as Laval mayor.
- Labeaume cruises to mayoral victory in Quebec City
- Incumbent Régis Labeaume has been re-elected mayor of Quebec City following a race in which he faced little competition.
- Gatineau Mayor Marc Bureau wins 2nd term
- Marc Bureau has been re-elected as mayor of Gatineau with 44 per cent of the vote.
- Aylmer recount called after 2-vote win
- A Gatineau city council candidate is demanding a recount after losing the race to represent Aylmer district by just two votes.
- Polls close as Quebecers elect civic governments
- The polls have closed and ballots are being counted after voters across Quebec elected municipal governments Sunday.
- Quebec votes for new civic governments
- Quebec voters head to the polls Sunday to elect their municipal governments.
- Montreal's civic election leaves mess for next mayor
- Politics and corruption allegations overshadowed public policy in Montreal's mayoral campaign, which wraps up on Sunday with voters going to the polls.
- Magog mayoral hopeful says it's about language, not gender
- A municipal councillor running for the mayor's office in Magog says her gender is less important than her mastery of both official languages.
- Montreal campaign hits final stretch
- Vision Montreal Leader Louise Harel is demanding the mayor come clean about the state of the city's finances, as an election campaign that has been mired with scandal and accusations hit its final stretch Friday.
- Bergeron stands by comments in old interview
- Montreal mayoralty candidate Richard Bergeron says he'll let Montreal voters make up their own minds about controversial comments he made in an interview 10 years ago.
- Mayor's party cleared of illegal-financing allegations
- Quebec's chief electoral officer said he has been unable to corroborate allegations that Mayor Gérald Tremblay's party violated campaign financing rules during the 2001 municipal election.
- Projet Montreal leader proposes coalition
- If elected mayor, Projet Montréal Leader Richard Begeron says he would change the way city hall is run by working with the opposition.
- No real race for Saguenay mayor: critics
- The race for mayor of Saguenay, Que., is largely symbolic, critics say as incumbent Jean Tremblay faces off against a single opponent in the Nov. 1 election.
- Ethics dominate last Montreal mayor debate
- Montreal's three main mayoral candidates are scrambling to position themselves as the best candidate to clean up city hall.
- Thousands of Montrealers vote in advance polls
- Nearly 60,000 Montreal voters cast ballots on Sunday in advance polls for the Nov. 1 municipal elections.
- Students get creative to promote municipal vote
- Design students at a Montreal university have launched a creative online campaign urging people to vote in the Nov. 1 municipal election.
- Tremblay, Harel deny Labonté allegations
- Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay and Vision Montreal Leader Louise Harel are denying allegations made by the city's former leader of the opposition about influence peddling and questionable fundraising practices in the city.
- Montreal city hall run by Mafia-like system: ex-opposition leader
- Montreal's former opposition leader says the city's political system is run by a Mafia-like system — and his opponents know it.
- Labonté admits he lied about meeting
- Montreal's former opposition party leader admits he lied when he denied meeting the construction entrepreneur involved in the city's water-meter scandal, Radio-Canada reports.
- We tried to warn Harel: former party officials
- Two former officials with Vision Montreal say they tried to warn party leader Louise Harel about potential trouble with her lieutenant, Benoît Labonté.
- Gomery calls for inquiry into municipal corruption
- The man who headed the federal inquiry into the sponsorship scandal is calling on the Quebec government to launch a similar investigation into political corruption in Montreal.
- Quebec reviews campaign financing rules
- The Quebec government is preparing to tighten the rules that govern financing of elections and political leadership campaigns.
- Mayoral candidates should mind their debate manners: young voters
- The Montreal mayoral candidates' debate didn't impress a group of young voters gathered at a Plateau bar on Monday night.
- Ethics dominates municipal debate
- Questions of municipal ethics dominated the final televised debate ahead of Montreal's Nov. 1 election, with all three candidates often talking over one another.
- Labonté denies link with Accurso
- Montreal opposition leader Benoît Labonté is denying allegations he ever had dealings with the construction entrepreneur at the center of the city's water-meter scandal.
- Construction boss tried to fix local Quebec election: report
- A Quebec construction entrepreneur who has handled several public works contracts has been accused of trying to ensure the mayor in a suburban Montreal city could run unopposed in the coming election.
- Mayor gets his own voodoo doll
- A group of artists opposed to the re-election of Saguenay Mayor Jean Tremblay is selling voodoo dolls bearing the politician's likeness in the hopes that he will retire.
- Montreal police chief accused of partisan politics
- Montreal's opposition leader is accusing the city's police chief of playing partisan politics in the midst of a municipal campaign, after a letter praising the current administration was sent out to force ranks.
- Montreal area mayor faces unwelcome opponent
- In the upcoming municipal election Ed Janiszewski, the mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, is facing an opponent for the job, and he doesn't like it.
- Mayor wants apology from blue-collar union
- Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay is demanding an apology from the city's blue-collar workers union after its president, Michel Parent, compared him to fraudster Vincent Lacroix and alleged Ponzi schemer Earl Jones.
- Projet Montréal Leader Richard Bergeron
- As both Mayor Gérald Tremblay and Vision Montréal Leader Louise Harel fend off allegations of questionable party financing activities, Projet Montréal Leader Richard Bergeron is making ethics a top priority of his campaign.
- Vision Montréal Leader Louise Harel
- A relative newcomer to municipal politics, Vision Montréal's Louise Harel has faced an uphill battle, due in part to her 27 years of experience in provincial politics as a longtime Parti Québécois MNA and former minister.
- Montreal-Ville Marie party Leader Louise O'Sullivan
- Montreal-Ville Marie party Leader Louise O'Sullivan has been critical of what she says has been a lack of media attention to her bid for mayor.
- Union Montréal Leader Gérald Tremblay
- Union Montréal party Leader Gérald Tremblay is seeking his third straight mandate as mayor of Montreal, and political redemption following his handling of the city's water meter controversy.
