The Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections in its municipalities on November 6, 2005.
The municipalities in Quebec for the 2005 election were different from the previous 2001 election, as many municipalities had voted to de-amalgamate.
Every municipality in Quebec held elections except Port-Cartier , Thetford Mines , Sept-Îles and in the village and parish of Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna (they were held in 2006).
In addition to the municipalities, the prefects of 8 regional county municipalities were elected:
Selected results of the November 6 elections are as follows
Pierre Duplessis is a farmer and former town councillor in Bécancour and a founding president of the Godefroy market. During his mayoral campaign, he accused the Richard administration of lacking transparency.[1]
, Council, Ward Six
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
Alain Levesque
2,362
57.67
Christian Richard
1,380
33.69
Blak D. Blackburn
354
8.64
Total valid votes
4,096
100
Candidate
Vote
%
Francine Gadbois
Acclaimed
Candidate
Vote
%
Jean-Marc Pelletier
9,118
57.1
Raymond Guyot
6,854
42.9
Candidate
Vote
%
Sergio Pavone (inc.)
9,440
60.1
Alain Desjardins
6,266
39.9
Candidate
Vote
%
Ed Janiszewski
Acclaimed
Candidate
Vote
%
Francine Ruest-Jutras (inc.)
Acclaimed
Candidate
Vote
%
Richard Goulet
9,639
57.5
Denis Dumas
5,069
30.2
Guy Racine (inc.)
2,059
12.3
2005 Laval municipal election , Mayor of Laval
Party
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
Parti PRO des Lavallois
(x)Gilles Vaillancourt
58,804
74.61
Independent
Audrey Boisvert
12,613
16.00
Independent
Emilio Migliozzi
3,928
4.98
Independent
Régent Millette
3,474
4.41
Total valid votes
78,819
100
Mayor of Longueuil [2]
Candidate
Party
Vote
%
Claude Gladu
Parti municipal Rive-Sud
40,384
64.2%
Claude Lamoureux
Ralliement Longueuil
22,502
35.8%
Total valid votes
62,886
100%
Council
Hélène Langis was elected as the councillor for Nicolet's sixth ward. She later resigned, and a by-election was held to choose her replacement on December 17, 2006:
Candidate
Vote
%
Denis Jutras
838
54.03
André Breton
359
23.15
Hélène Gelinas
294
18.96
Serge Goyette
37
2.39
Simonne Lizotte
23
1.48
Total valid votes
1,551
100
Candidate
Vote
%
Chantal Deschamps (inc.)
13,212
57.8
Michel Carignan
9,663
42.2
Candidate
Vote
%
Éric Forest
X
Martin Poirier
François Thibodeau
Candidate
Vote
%
Roger Caouette
X
Jean-Claude Beauchemin (inc.)
Candidate
Vote
%
Jean Tremblay (inc.)
45,081
71.4
Mereille Jean
16,740
26.5
André Reid
1,295
2.1
Saint-Hyacinthe [ ]
Candidate
Vote
%
Claude Bernier (inc.)
12,040
80.8
Dale Daigneault-Denio
2,853
19.2
Candidate
Vote
%
Gilles Dolbec (inc.)
14,982
61.0
Lucille Méthé
9,572
39.0
Candidate
Vote
%
Marc Gascon (inc.)
11,026
74.3
Gérald Cyr
3,822
25.7
Candidate
Vote
%
Denis Lapointe (inc.)
8,833
71.1
Sylvain Guérin
3,591
28.9
Candidate
Vote
%
Lise Landry (inc.)
11,396
52.2
Renée Fournier
6,789
31.1
Maxime Boisvert
3,327
15.3
Candidate
Vote
%
Jean Perrault (inc.)
25,687
53.9
Hélène Gravel
20,892
43.9
Hubert Richard
1,047
2.2
Candidate
Vote
%
Roger Richard (inc.)
Acclaimed
All results by region [ ]
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Bas-Saint-Laurent
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Capitale-Nationale
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Centre-du-Québec
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Chaudière-Appalaches
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Côte-Nord
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Estrie
Quebec municipal elections, 2005, results in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
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