2001 Potton municipal election

The 2001 Potton municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and councillors in Potton, Quebec.

Results
2001 Potton municipal election, Mayor of Potton
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Claude Laplume 625 69.60
(x)André Marcoux 273 30.40
Total valid votes 898 100.00
  • André Marcoux was the mayor of Potton from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 2001. He lost to his cousin Jacques Marcoux in the 1989 municipal election, but regained the mayoralty four years later.[1] In 2000, he promoted a plan for a new community centre that he said could be accomplished with assistance from the federal and provincial governments and without a tax increase.[2] The federal and provincial governments declined to fund the centre in 2002, following Marcoux's defeat.[3] He is not to be confused with another André Marcoux who has served as mayor of Donnacona.
2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat One
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Lorna Aiken-Lamothe 526 59.10
Ross Taylor 281 31.57
Damien Pouliot 83 9.33
Total valid votes 890 100.00
2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Two
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Barbara Koch 457 51.46
(x)Ernest Tomuschat 248 27.93
John Lutzman 183 20.61
Total valid votes 888 100.00
2001 Potton municipal election, Councillor, Seat Three
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Louis Veillon 526 59.57
Heather Keith-Ryan 357 40.43
Total Valid Votes 883 100
2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Four
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Edward Mierzwinski 561 63.61
Debra Harding 321 36.39
Total valid votes 882 100.00
2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Five
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Marcel Turner 634 71.40
(x)Pierre Pouliot 254 28.60
Total valid votes 888 100.00
2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Six
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Christian Rodrigue accl. .

Source: "Election 2001 Sherbrooke & Townships," Sherbrooke Record, 6 November 2001, p. 5.

References
  1. Dany Jacques, "Jacques Marcoux sollicitera la mairie du Canton de Potton" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Le Reflect du Lac, 11 December 2008, accessed 25 February 2011.
  2. Murielle Parkes, "Residents rally around plans for community centre," Sherbrooke Record, 23 June 2000, p. 7.
  3. Kate Shingler, "No gov't money for Mansonville youth centre," Sherbrooke Record, 13 August 2002, p. 4.
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