Some mayors re-elected with no challengers

Friday was the deadline to declare candidacy in municipal elections, and several mayors and other candidates in Quebec towns have been returned by acclamation, including, on the island of Montreal, DDO’s Alex Bottausci, Westmount’s Christina Smith, and Baie-D’Urfé’s Heidi Ektvedt.

Although a few candidates quit following the merger with Ralliement Montréal, Mouvement Montréal is fielding 74 candidates in the November election