Montreal municipal election, 2017

Montreal municipal election, 2017

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65 seats in Montreal City Council 33 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	42.47%
First party Second party   Leader Valérie Plante Denis Coderre Party Projet Montréal Équipe Denis Coderre Leader since December 4, 2016 May 23, 2013 Leader's seat Sainte-Marie (ran for Mayor; won) Mayor (won in Ovide-Clermont; ceded election to co-candidate) Last election 20 seats, 25.52% 27 seats, 32.15% Seats before 19 36 Seats won 34 25 Seat change 15 11 Popular vote 243,594 216,321 Percentage 51.42% 45.66% Swing 25.90% 13.51%   Third party Fourth party   VCM CM Leader Justine McIntyre Marvin Rotrand Party Vrai changement Coalition Montréal Leader since December 22, 2015 December 29, 2016 Leader's seat Bois-de-Liesse (ran for Borough Mayor; lost) Snowdon Last election 4 seats, 26.47% 6 seats, 12.79% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 0 1 Seat change 2
Mayor before election Denis Coderre Équipe Denis Coderre Elected Mayor Valérie Plante Projet Montréal

Denis Coderre
Équipe Denis Coderre

Valérie Plante
Projet Montréal

Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 5, 2017 as part of the 2017 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.

Despite early polls giving incumbent mayor Denis Coderre a comfortable lead, the election concluded with Valérie Plante of Projet Montréal winning the mayoralty race by a margin of over 27,000 votes, becoming the first woman and first representative of Projet Montréal to be elected mayor of Montreal. Her party won a majority of the city council, 34 of 65 councillors.

Projet Montréal won unanimous control of four borough councils and majorities on seven more. Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal won unanimous control of four borough councils and majorities on two more. The two remaining boroughs, Anjou and LaSalle, were won unanimously by local parties, Équipe Anjou and Équipe Barbe Team respectively.

Several key city council figures were defeated, such as Russell Copeman, Harout Chitilian, Claude Dauphin, Anie Samson, Réal Ménard and Elsie Lefebvre. Projet Montréal founder Richard Bergeron, who had crossed the floor to Équipe Coderre, was defeated by the candidate for his former party, Robert Beaudry.

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