Montreal municipal election, 2013

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3 November 2013

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65 seats in Montreal City Council
33 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

43.32%

	First party	Second party

Leader	Denis Coderre	Mélanie Joly
Party	Équipe Denis Coderre	Vrai changement
Leader since	23 May 2013	5 September 2013
Leader's seat	Mayor	Lost election in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Last election	pre-creation	pre-creation
Seats before	17	0
Seats won	26	4
Seat change	+9	+4
Popular vote	149,467	123,062
Percentage	32.15%	26.47%

	Third party	Fourth party
		CM
Leader	Richard Bergeron	Marcel Côté
Party	Projet Montréal	Coalition Montréal
Leader since	28 May 2004	30 August 2013
Leader's seat	Saint-Jacques	Lost election in Côte-des-Neiges
Last election	10 seats, 25.45%	pre-creation
Seats before	10	15
Seats won	20	6
Seat change	+10	-9
Popular vote	118,637	59,490
Percentage	25.52%	12.79%
Swing	+0.07%

Mayor before election

Laurent Blanchard
Coalition Montréal

Elected Mayor

Denis Coderre
Équipe Denis Coderre

Laurent Blanchard
Coalition Montréal

Denis Coderre
Équipe Denis Coderre

Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 3 November 2013 as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 65 positions on the Montreal City Council, including the mayor, borough mayors, and city councillors, as well as 38 borough councillors. Dennis Coderre replaced interim mayor Laurent Blanchard, who was elected to replace the previous interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, who resigned due to 14 charges laid against him including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs. Previous elected mayor Gérald Tremblay left office on 5 November 2012 after his party Union Montréal was suspected of corruption and mafia involvement. On 2 July 2013, Louise Harel, leader of the opposition Vision Montréal, announced she would not be running for mayor, instead supporting Marcel Côté.

On 30 October, Paunel Paterne Matondot decided to withdraw his nomination as mayor of Montreal at the election of 3 November.

Denis Coderre's support remained steady in public opinion polling during the campaign, while the other established "major" candidates — Marcel Côté and Richard Bergeron — largely failed to make an impression. Instead, a lesser-known candidate, Mélanie Joly, pulled ahead of both Côté and Bergeron in public opinion polling to emerge as the second-place contender by the time of the final published poll.

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