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<\/a>Parenteau, with \u00c9quipe Denis Coderre, got 5,134 votes, for a total of 24.74%.<\/p>\nMary Ann Davis put on a good fight, with 22% of the vote. Mourad Bendjennet came in third with 17.56%. Current councillors Alain Tass\u00e9, Andr\u00e9 Savard and Andr\u00e9e Champoux came in fourth, fifth and sixth with 7,133 votes total, or 44.4%, split between them.<\/p>\n
Verdun Council Split<\/h2>\n
Manon Gauthier from \u00c9quipe Coderre was elected city councilor for Nun\u2019s Island-Champlain. Projet Montreal\u2019s Sterling Downey will represent Desmarchais-Crawford on city council. Gauthier beat M\u00e9lanie Joly\u2019s candidate, Mathieu Belanger, by 329 votes. Downey beat S\u00e9bastien Dhavernas by 226 votes. All 101 polls were counted.<\/p>\n
The borough council is also split with \u00c9quipe Coderre\u2019s Marie-Eve Brunet and Pierre L’Heureux representing Nun\u2019s Island-Champlain and Projet Montr\u00e9al\u2019s Luc Gagnon and Marie-Andr\u00e9e Mauger representing Desmarchais-Champlain. All four beat their closest competitors by less than 500 votes.<\/p>\n
Luc Gagnon beat Michelle Tremblay from \u00c9quipe Coderre by only 104 votes, so that seat will likely face a recount.<\/p>\n
A total of 47,677 people were registered to vote in Verdun, although less than half cast a ballot. The mayoralty campaign was decided by 21,335 people, for a turnout of 44.75%. Scrutineers rejected 583 ballots. The turnout in Nun\u2019s Island-Champlain was a slightly higher 45.55% than in Desmarchais-Crawford, where it was 43.6%.<\/p>\n
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