On November 26, Judge Nathalie Chalifour of the Court of Québec certified the results of the election for councillor for the district of Tétreaultville in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga–Maisonneuve. The rigorous recount process carried out has confirmed the election of Julien Hénault-Ratelle to this position.

The certification of this electoral result marks the end of the recounts required for the 2021 general election. In total, the votes of nearly 84,000 electors were recounted, verified and validated.

The six candidates who received a plurality of votes in the election after recounts join the other 97 people elected for the 2021-2025 term.

Elections Montréal would like to thank all those who took part in the and recounting and tallying of the votes.

Two more recounts concluded at the Court of Quebec on November 25. These judicial operations, provided for under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, confirmed the election of two more people.

Under the supervision of Judge Sylvain Coutlée, ten teams of deputy returning officers and poll clerks counted all the votes cast in the election for the position of mayor of the Outremont borough. Candidate Laurent Desbois, who had obtained a plurality of the votes in the initial count, was confirmed as the incoming mayor of this borough.

Ten additional teams of deputy returning officers and poll clerks operating under the watchful eye of Judge Éric Dufour completed the counting of some 31,000 ballots cast in the election for the position of mayor of the Rivière-des-PrairiesーPointe-aux-Trembles borough. At the end of the recount, the court certified Caroline Bourgeois as the candidate who obtained the most votes during the November 7 election.

The recount for the position of City Councillor for the Tétreaultville District will take place on November 26. Upholding the principles of transparency and neutrality, Elections Montréal is offering its full cooperation to the Court in this final stage of the 2021 electoral cycle.a

Following a recount of the votes, Judge Sylvain Coutlée of the Court of Québec has certified the results of the election for mayor of the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough. Gracia Kasoki Katahwa is hereby confirmed as the person elected to this position

In another recount that also led to a thorough examination of the votes cast, Judge Éric Dufour has certified the results of the election for the position of city councillor in the Pointe-aux-Prairies district of the Rivière-des-Prairie–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough. Lisa Christensen was confirmed as the winning candidate in this race.

Two final recounts will be held at the Court of Quebec on November 25 and 26. Elections Montréal is offering its full cooperation to the court in these steps, which will make it possible to draw up the complete list of the 103 persons elected in the 2021 general election.

Loyola District Election Results

A recount and tally of the votes for the election of a City Councillor to represent the electoral district of Loyola (Côte-des-Neige–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) was held on November 22 and 23 at the Court of Québec.

At the end of this important exercise, Judge Sylvain Coutlée proceeded to certify the results.

Despina Sourias has thus been confirmed as the person elected in this contest.

On November 23, Judge Sylvain Coutlée also authorized the holding of new recounts for the position of mayor of the Outremont borough and for the position of city councillor in the Tétreaultville district (Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve). These counts will begin on November 25 and 26 respectively.

Elections Montréal will continue to offer its full cooperation during these new recounts.

The Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities provides that any person who has reasonable grounds to believe that a deputy returning officer has unlawfully counted or rejected votes or prepared an inaccurate statement of the number of votes cast may apply to the Court of Québec for a recount.

In the days following the release of the November 6-7 general election vote count, six petitions for recounts were filed with the Court. These requests concern the following elected positions and boroughs:

On November 17, Judge Sylvain Coutlée of the Court of Québec authorized a judicial recount for the four positions in the Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles and Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce boroughs. These recounts will begin on Monday, November 22, 2021. 

The motions concerning the boroughs of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Outremont have not yet been decided by the Court.

Elections Montréal will offer its full cooperation in these final stages of the electoral process.

Montréal’s chief returning officer, Me Emmanuel Tani-Moore, has announced the results of the November 6 and 7 general election. 

The announcement comes after all the votes have been tallied, a painstaking process that adds up the votes cast for each candidate using the Statement of votes forms. 

Under the Act, there is a four-day time limit for any person who so wishes to request a recount. Such an application may be made by a motion addressed to a judge of the Court of Québec.

After this deadline passes, the chief returning officer will declare elected those candidates who have received the most votes for each of the 103 elected positions in Montréal. 

In the event that a recount is conducted, the proclamation of the election of these candidates will be made after certification of the results by the judge.

Official results of the municipal election in Montréal (in French)

The revision of the list of electors took place between October 12 and 18, 2021. 

The revision process, which is prescribed by the law, confirmed that 1,111,100 electors will be eligible to vote in the general election on October 30 and 31, and on November 6 and 7. 

The table below shows the number of registered voters per borough.

Number of registered voters on the Montréal list of electors, per borough

In the weeks following the election, Élections Montréal will analyze the data on voter turn-out. For more information about the electoral population in previous elections, consult the 2017 election report (in French)