MONTREAL – Mayoral candidates are facing tough opposition in many municipalities across the Greater Montreal area.
But, in some districts, the race for mayoralty has already been won.
Check out the list below of some of the Mayors who have already been acclaimed.
Incumbent Anthony Housefather ran unopposed for the second time for Mayor of Côte-Saint-Luc.
A corporate lawyer and competitive swimmer, Housefather was previously the vice president for the Liberal Party of Canada before serving as Town Councillor in Hampstead from 1994 to 2001.
He has been Mayor of Côte-Saint-Luc since 2005, when he received 75 per cent of the vote.
The longest serving Mayor on the West Island, Edward Janiszewski had no opposition in the 2013 elections and he has been the mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux since 1984.
Mayor Gisèle Chapleau’s political career started when she was elected as a councillor 31 years ago and she has been Mayor of l’Île Dorval since 1992.
L’Île Dorval is the only riding in the Montreal area where every member of council ran unopposed.
Marc Roy has been mayor since 1997.
Marie-Claude Nichols is a lawyer by profession.
She has been the mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot since 2009, as a member of Option Citoyen.
Incumbent Philippe Roy was elected Councillor in 2005, when he ran with then mayoral candidate Vera Danyluk for Action Mont-Royal.
He replaced her in 2010 when she left for health reasons.
He was elected by acclamation in the by-election, which took place that same year.
He is the 14th Mayor of TMR.
Claude Pilon has worked for the council of Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac for 25 years and he has been mayor for 15.
He won with 87.2 per cent of the vote in 2009 and ran unopposed in 2013.
Incumbent Peter F. Trent was born in England and raised in Toronto.
He was first elected as a councillor for Westmount in 1983.
He then served as mayor from 1992 to 2001, before leaving due to the forced merger with the City of Montreal.
He was re-named mayor in 2009 by acclamation.
Comments