2009 Gatineau municipal election

A municipal election was held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on November 1, 2009 in conjunction with municipal elections across Quebec on that date. Elections were held for Mayor of Gatineau as well as for each of the 18 districts on Gatineau City Council.

Controversies

Signs in the Gatineau area-sponsoring Lucerne District Councillor candidate Barbara Charlebois posters were removed and vandalized due to her election poster being primarily in English. A similar act of vandalism was perpetrated on the offices of the Regional Association of West Quebecers, a not-for profit organization that support English-Speakers in the community, of which Charlebois is vice-president. Jean-Roch Villemaire, a former provincial candidate for the extreme-separatist Parti indépendantiste, took responsibility for both situations.[1][2]

Mayoral race

At 8:59 pm, CBC reported that Marc Bureau, the incumbent mayor of Gatineau had won the Gatineau mayoral race.[3][4]

2009 Gatineau municipal election, Mayor
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Marc Bureau 30,929 44.11
Aurèle Desjardins 18,551 26.46
Tony Cannavino 17,119 24.42
Luc Desjardins 1,266 1.81
Roger Fleury 1,198 1.71
Richard Gravel 1,052 1.50
Total valid votes 70,115 100

Aylmer District
Candidate Vote %
Stefan Psenak1,79050.0
Frank Thérien (X)1,78950.0

Lucerne District
Candidate Vote %
André Laframboise (X)2,18853.5
Roch Givogue1,31332.1
Barbara Charlebois58714.4

Deschênes District
Candidate Vote %
Alain Riel (X)3,15281.6
Peter L. Després71118.4

Plateau–Manoir-des-Trembles District
Candidate Vote %
Maxime Tremblay2,07648.7
Nycole Turmel1,98046.5
Jean-Nicholas Martineau2054.8

Wright-Parc-de-la-Montagne District
Candidate Vote %
Patrice Martin (X)2,28655.0
Jocelyn Blondin1,87145.0

l'Orée-du-Parc District
Candidate Vote %
Mireille Apollon2,75065.1
Claude Millette (X)1,47434.9

Saint-Raymond-Vanier District
Candidate Vote %
Pierre Philion (X)1,88464.8
Jean Bosco Citegetse1,02335.2

Hull–Val-Tétreau District
Candidate Vote %
Denise Laferrière (X)1,65152.2
Pierre Ducasse1,25439.6
Mintri Nguyen2608.2

Limbour District
2009 Gatineau municipal election, Councillor, Ward Nine (Limbour)
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Nicole Champagne 1,497 28.76
Stéphane Gauthier 1,411 27.10
Jocelyn Dumais 1,403 26.95
Michel Ghantous 895 17.19
Total valid votes 5,206 100

Touraine District
Candidate Vote %
Denis Tassé (X)2,38265.2
Thérèse Cyr1,26934.8

Promenades District
Candidate Vote %
Luc Angers (X) Acclaimed

Carrefour-de-l'Hôpital District
Candidate Vote %
Patsy Bouthillette Acclaimed

Versant District
Candidate Vote %
Joseph De Sylva (X)3,26772.3
Frédérick Castonguay1,25027.7

Bellevue District
2009 Gatineau municipal election, Councillor, District 14 (Bellevue)
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Sylvie Goneau 1,809 44.90
Mark Bordeleau 1,796 44.58
Serge Charette 424 10.52
Total valid votes 4,029 100
  • Sylvie Goneau was narrowly elected to city council in 2009. She had previously served as an assistant to Ottawa councillor Georges Bédard and worked as regional director of the Ambulance St-Jean.[5] After the election, she was appointed as chair of the Commission permanente sur l'habitation.[6]

Lac-Beauchamp District
Candidate Vote %
Stéphane Lauzon1,58042.2
Jacques Robert1,54841.3
Michel Choquette61816.5

la Rivière-Blanche District
Candidate Vote %
Yvon Boucher (X)3,39676.4
Normand Dessureault1,04723.6

Masson-Angers District
Candidate Vote %
Luc Montreuil (X)1,88856.9
Serge Lefebvre1,43343.1

Buckingham District
Candidate Vote %
Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin2,18854.5
Luc St-Jacques86221.5
Lévis Brazeau61215.2
Carl G. Simpson3568.9

References
  1. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Municipales2009/2009/10/16/001-Gat-Charlebois-reactions.shtml Radio-Canada (in French)
  2. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Municipales2009/2009/10/14/009-gat-west-quebecers.shtml Radio-Canada (in French)
  3. http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/features/civicvote2009/ CBC Montreal | Quebec Civic Vote 2009
  4. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/municipales2009/ Élections Municipales 2009 | Radio-Canada.ca (in French)
  5. Yannick Boursier, Sylvie Goneau sera candidate dans le district de Bellevue Archived 2013-01-26 at Archive.today, Info07.com, accessed 10 October 2010.
  6. Sylvie Goneau, City of Gatineau, accessed 10 October 2010.
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