Fourth and fifth elections confirmed in this week of recounts

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