Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun

Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun (EAC) (English: Team Andrée Champoux for Verdun) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party contested seats on the Verdun borough council in the 2013 Montreal municipal election.

Party leader

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As its name implies, EAC was led by Andrée Champoux, who was also its candidate for borough mayor in 2013. Champoux had previously been elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2009 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of Union Montreal. She left the party on December 4, 2012, after its leader, Gérald Tremblay, resigned from office amid scandal.[1]

When Verdun borough mayor Claude Trudel also resigned from office in the same period, Champoux put forward her name to become his interim successor. She was defeated by city councillor Ginette Marotte in a four-to-two vote among the remaining borough council members.[2]

2013 election

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After serving for several months as an independent, Champoux formed EAC in 2013. The party's campaign slogan in that year's municipal election was «citoyens d'abord» (English: "citizens first").[3] During the campaign, Champoux outlined her party's approaches to subjects such as public transit on Nuns' Island and poverty reduction.[4]

She was defeated in the mayoral contest, and none of the EAC's candidates for city council and borough council were elected.

The party was dissolved and ceased to be recognized by the Directeur général des élections du Québec on July 17, 2014.[5]

Election results

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Electoral District Eligible voters Position Turnout Candidates   Incumbent Result
  Équipe Coderre   Coalition   Projet Montréal   OVM   VCM   Other
47,677 Borough mayor 44.74%   Jean-François Parenteau
5,147 (24.81%)
Alain Tassé
2,902 (13.99%)
Mary Ann Davis
4,594 (22.14%)
André Savard
2,669 (12.86%)
Mourad Bendjennet
3,645 (17.57%)
Andrée Champoux (EAC)
1,549
(7.47%)

Jency Mercier (IM)
139 (0.67%)

Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.)
102 (0.49%)
  Ginette Marotte EDC gain from Ind.
Champlain
–L'Île-des-Sœurs
25,660 City councillor 45.60% Manon Gauthier
2,972 (26.25%)
André Julien
1,612 (14.24%)
Jack L. Kugelmass
2,195 (19.39%)
Marc Touchette
833 (7.36%)
Mathieu Bélanger
2,643 (23.34%)
Jacques Gendron (EAC)
1,067 (9.42%)
Vacant EDC gain
Borough councillor I 45.64% Pierre L'Heureux
3,051 (26.9%)
Paul Beaupré
1,782 (15.71%)
Dolores Durbau
2,149 (18.95%)
Charles Côté
984 (8.68%)
Jacline Leroux
2,514 (22.17%)
Carole Anctil (EAC)
752 (6.63%)
Abdulilah Kassem (Ind.)
109 (0.96%)
  Paul Beaupré EDC gain from CM
Borough councillor II 45.68% Marie-Eve Brunet
3,051 (26.88%)
Jean-Pierre Boivin
1,886 (16.62%)
Stefana Lamasanu
2,313 (20.36%)
Luce Latendresse
800 (7.05%)
Stéphanie Raymond-Bougie
2,617 (23.06%)
Béatrice Guay Pepper (EAC)
684 (6.03%)
  Andrée Champoux EDC gain from EAC
Desmarchais-Crawford 22,017 City councillor 43.68% Sébastien Dhavernas
2,095 (22.53%)
Françoise Gloutnay
1,082 (11.64%)
Sterling Downey
2,306 (24.80%)
Richard Langlais
1,523 (16.38%)
Marie-Josée Parent
1,917 (20.62%)
France Caya (EAC)
376 (4.04%)
  Alain Tassé PM gain from CM
Borough councillor I 43.67% Michelle Tremblay
2,141 (23.05%)
Monique Trudel
1,228 (13.22%)
Luc Gagnon
2,329 (25.07%)
Joanne Poulin
1,431 (15.41%)
Gladys Negret
1,773 (19.09%)
Michèle L'Allier-Davies (EAC)
387 (4.17%)
  Ann Guy PM gain from Ind.
Borough councillor II 43.67% Philippe Sarrasin
2,018 (21.71%)
Rielle Lévesque
1,060 (11.40%)
Marie-Andrée Mauger
2,422 (26.05%)
Robert Auger
1,510 (16.24%)
André-Yanne Parent
1,878 (20.20%)
Mamad Raheemeea (EAC)
409 (4.40%)
  André Savard PM gain from OVM

References

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  1. ^ Tracey Ariel, "Ginette Marotte new mayor of Verdun", The Suburban, 19 December 2012, accessed 17 December 2013; Pierre Lussier, "Mairie de Verdun: que nous réserve 2013?", Le Reflet du Lac, 2 January 2013, accessed 14 December 2013.
  2. ^ Pierre Lussier, "Ginette Marotte, élue maire de Verdun" Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, Le Messager Verdun, 12 December 2012, accessed 12 December 2013.
  3. ^ Un nouveau parti pour Verdun, Métro, 12 September 2013, accessed 14 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Question à Andrée Champoux – Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun, candidate à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Messager Verdun, 30 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013; "Question à Andrée Champoux – Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun, candidate à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Magazine de L'île des Soeurs, 29 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Portrait sur le financement de partis politiques municipaux: Exercice financier clos le 31 décembre 2014" (PDF). Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 13 November 2017.