Mayor of Anjou supports Coderre
The mayor of Anjou has announced he supports Denis Coderre. Luis Miranda heads a borough-specific party called Équipe Anjou.
Philippe Pichet, Coderre’s police chief, is threatening to sue Valérie Plante over things she said implying he was just that – Coderre’s man.
These stories certainly come at an opportune time for Coderre, as he tries to claw his way back into his old job. If only he wanted the job because he felt strongly about making things better for Montrealers rather than simply aggrandizing himself.
Cadichon 09:55 on 2021-09-15 Permalink
With Miranda joining Ensemble, I’d be curious to know how many Coderre candidates are actually former Tremblay councillors or mayors.
Kate 11:13 on 2021-09-15 Permalink
Right now there are 4 Équipe Anjou councillors including the mayor, and one independent. Most of what I’ve got comes from that French Wikipedia article. Miranda was a Tremblay councillor in 2001 but left in 2003 because he felt strongly about the forced merger. In 2005 all 5 seats (borough mayor, city councillor and 3 borough councillors) were won by Équipe Anjou.
In 2008, four of the five elected by Team Anjou returned to Union Montreal, Gérald Tremblay’s party. Luis Miranda stated that Union Montreal is “our family”. In 2013, after Tremblay’s resignation, Équipe Anjou was revived and won all 5 seats again.
Whether all the individuals currently sitting (and running again) – Andrée Héneault, Kristine Marsolais, Richard Leblanc, and the one independent, Lynne Shand* – were also Tremblay people I don’t know, and it would take a bit more digging than I have time for right now to find out.
*The reason Shand is an independent was a cause célèbre in 2019.
Cadichon 07:50 on 2021-09-16 Permalink
Ok, so I compared the 2009 election results with Ensemble current list of candidates, and there are still indeed 15 candidates (including 5 potential borough mayors) associated with Tremblay’s old Union Montréal (I expect more to be added when LaSalle candidates are announced). That’s quite a few considering that was 12 years ago. Here’s a list if you’re curious:
Luis Miranda (Anjou)
Andrée Héneault (Anjou)
Lionel Perez (CDN-NDG)
Richard Bélanger (Île-Bizard)
Lise Poulin (Lachine)
Chantal Rossi (Mtl-Nord)
Marie Potvin (Outremont)
Jim Beis (Pierrefonds)
Catherine Clément-Talbot (Pierrefonds)
Giovanni Rapanà (RDP-PAT)
Alan DeSousa (St-Laurent)
Aref Salem (St-Laurent)
Michel Bissonet (St-Léonard)
Dominic Perri (St-Léonard)
Mary Deros (VSMPE)
Kate 09:59 on 2021-09-16 Permalink
Good work, Cadichon. But political people don’t always slink away or die after a change in political formations. Not everyone elected under the Union Montreal banner was necessarily tainted by the corruption at the top, although admittedly knowing they’re on this list causes a slight raise of an eyebrow.