2005 Magog municipal election

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The 2005 Magog municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and councillors in the city of Magog, Quebec. Marc Poulin was re-elected to a third term as mayor without opposition.

Results

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2005 Magog election, Mayor of Magog
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Marc Poulin accl. .
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District One
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Michel Bombardier 442 61.99
Yvon Bernier 271 38.01
Total valid votes 713 100.00
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Two
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Yvon Lamontagne 233 50.00
Bertrand Bergeron 184 39.48
Gisele Bisson 49 10.52
Total valid votes 466 100.00
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Three
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Denise Poulin-Marcotte accl. .
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Four
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Alain Vanden Eynden 279 34.92
Rejean Lacroix 234 29.29
Marcel Lavoie 186 23.28
Serge Poulin 100 12.52
Total valid votes 799 100.00
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Five
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Vicky May Hamm 463 52.26
(incumbent)Michel Voyer 423 47.74
Total valid votes 886 100.00
  • Michel Voyer is a businessperson in Magog. In the 1980s, he was president of the downtown association and the Chamber of Commerce. He is a Canadian federalist and supported the "Oui" side in the 1992 Canadian referendum on the Charlottetown Accord.[1] He served on the Magog Township council from 1995 until its merger with Magog in 2002, when he was elected for the new city's fifth ward.[2] He initially favoured the de-merger of Magog Township in 2004, but changed his mind following two provincial amendments to the new city of Magog's charter.[3] He was defeated in 2005 and later served on the board of Magog's business development corporation.[4]
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Six
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Jacques Laurendeau accl. .
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Seven
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Gilbert Kurt Boucher accl. .
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Eight
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Gilles Robinson 358 52.42
Michel Pomerleau 325 47.58
Total valid votes 683 100.00
2005 Magog election, Councillor, District Nine
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(incumbent)Serge Gosselin 467 73.66
Pierre Goulet 167 26.34
Total valid votes 634 100.00
2009 Magog election, Councillor, District Ten
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Jocelyne Mongrain accl. .

Sources: Patrick Lavery, "Magog mayor gets four more years: Four acclaimed to council, 16 vie for remaining seats," Sherbrooke Record, 18 October 2005, p. 3; "Meet your new municipal councils," Sherbrooke Record, 8 November 2005, p. 7.

References

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  1. ^ "No vote will plunge Canada into uncertainty, Rae warns," Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 2 October 1992, p. 6.
  2. ^ He was forty-seven years old at the time. See Kate Shingler, "Le Cavalier and Voyer battle it out for District 5," Sherbrooke Record, 26 November 2002, p. 4; "Poulin elected to lead new city of Magog," Sherbrooke Record, 2 December 2002, p. 1.
  3. ^ Rita Legault, "Demerger and status quo advocates gear up for referendum," Sherbrooke Record, 31 May 2004, p. 1; "Quinze personnalités s'affichent en faveur du maintien de la Ville de Magog", Radio-Canada, 12 May 2004, accessed 25 February 2011.
  4. ^ Jean-François Gagnon, "La SDC de Magog tirée d'impasse," cyberpress.ca, 30 January 2007, accessed 25 February 2011. Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine