The 2009 Sherbrooke municipal election was held on November 11, 2009, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The communities of Brompton and Lennoxville also elected borough councillors, who do not serve on the city council.[1]
Mark McLaughlin is a former vice-president of finance and administration of Bishop's University. He supported a tuition fee increase in April 2007, and in July of the same year he submitted a report that the institution was facing "an exceptional financial crisis."[2] He moved to Lennoxville in 2002 and has served on the board of the Townshippers' Association. In the 2009 election, he promised that he would work to preserve his community's anglophone character and maintain its bilingual status.[3] He wrote a public letter in 2010, opposing suggestions that the Brompton and Lennoxville borough councils should be eliminated; rather, he argues, they should be a model for other boroughs throughout the city.[4]
Alan L. Ansell moved to Lennoxville in 1972.[5] He worked for thirty-two years at Bishop's University, where he was coordinator of athletic facilities and chair of the environment and land-use committee; at the time of the 2009 election, he was retired. He highlighted sustainability and transport issues and said that he would work to defend Lennoxville's linguistic character.[6]
Norman Green is a customer service agent.[7] He called for greater diligence in the delivery of municipal services, noting that his family did not receive timely warnings about a water boiling advisory. He also highlighted safety issues and said that he would revive the community's moribund Neighbourhood Watch program.[8]
Mohamed Adjel is a technician. He arrived in Sherbrooke in 1987 and moved to Lennoxville from the Sherbrooke East borough in 1996.[9] In the 2009 campaign, he promised to uphold the community's anglophone character.[10]
Bernard Rodrigue is an entrepreneur born in Lennoxville. He ran for the second borough seat in 2001 and 2009, losing both on both occasions. Fifty years old in 2001, he said that he would extend his community's infrastructure and protect its community's bilingual status.[11]
2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor One
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
(incumbent)Diane Délisle
1,539
75.78
Kévin Côté
492
24.22
Total valid votes
2,031
100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor Two
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
Bruno Vachon
1,669
62.44
Denis Veilleux
796
29.78
Guy Bissonnette
208
7.78
Total valid votes
2,673
100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor Three
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
(incumbent)Serge Forest
1,795
54.94
André Proulx
1,351
41.35
Antoine Hellebuyck
121
3.70
Total valid votes
3,267
100.00
2009 Sherbrooke election, Rock-Forest-Saint-Elie-Deauville Councillor Four
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
(incumbent)Julien Lachance
1,891
71.22
Alexandre Blanchette
764
28.78
Total valid votes
2,655
100.00
Julien Lachance was born on March 7, 1959, in Sherbrooke. He has a Bachelor's degree in finance and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree, and has worked as an insurance broker and financial advisor.[12] He was first elected to the Sherbrooke city council in 2001, defeating incumbent councillor Marie-Paule Samson.[13] In February 2002, he was appointed to Mayor Jean Perrault's executive committee.[14] He opposed efforts to de-amalgamate Sherbrooke in 2004.[15] Re-elected over Pierre Harvey in 2005, Lachance was the only incumbent re-appointed to Perrault's executive committee after the campaign.[16] He supported a new mall in his community in 2009.[17] After being elected to a third term in 2009, Lachance was chosen as borough president for Rock-Forest-St-Elie-Deauville.[18]
^Rita Legault, "Sherbrooke incumbents face last minute challengers," Sherbrooke Record, 18 October 2005, p. 5.
^Jen Young, "'It will be a dead end for the university'; Some students want tuition increase," Sherbrooke Record, 26 April 2007, p. 3; Jan Ravensbergen, "Bishop's facing 'crisis'," Montreal Gazette, 19 July 2007, p. 1.
^Jen Young, "Lennoxville ticket still growing," Sherbrooke Record, 18 September 2009, p. 3; Jen Young, "At a Glance: Lennoxville (Fairview)," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2009, p. 4.
^Mark McLaughlin, "Elimination of the Lennoxville Borough?", Sherbrooke Record, 6 July 2010, p. 4.
^Jen Young, "At a Glance: Lennoxville (Fairview)," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2009, p. 4; "Ansell to Run in Lennoxville," Sherbrooke Record, 11 August 2009, p. 3.
^Jen Young, "At a Glance: Lennoxville (Fairview)," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2009, p. 4.
^Daniel Huot, "Bernard Rodrigue foils Allen's shoo-in for Lenn district 3.2," Sherbrooke Record, 16 October 2001, p. 4; Daniel Huot, "Lennoxville Borough Council 3.2: Lennoxville Elections 2001," Sherbrooke Record, 23 October 2001, p. 11.
