How Valérie Plante beat Denis Coderre to be re-elected mayor of Montreal, in one map
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Valérie Plante won the Nov. 7 election Montreal mayoral election with more than half of all ballots cast, in a resounding victory over rival and predecessor Denis Coderre.
Plante received a total of 52 per cent of the vote, 13 percentage points more than Coderre.
In the 2017 election, Plante got 51 per cent of the vote compared with 46 per cent for Coderre.
The election saw Plante strengthen her popularity in Projet Montréal's traditional strongholds such as Plateau-Mont-Royal, while also making gains further from the city centre.
The interactive map below shows how the mayoral candidates performed at polling stations between last week's election and the one in 2017.
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In Plateau-Mont-Royal, Plante received an average of 60 to 70 per cent of the votes in polling stations in 2017. She did even better this time around, netting nearly 90 per cent in some areas.
The pattern held in other largely French-speaking areas, including Rosemont, Villeray and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
"Language played a big role in the city election even if it's a provincial issue, mostly because of the debate over Bill 96," said Daniel Béland, a professor of political science at McGill University and director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, referring to the province's proposed language law.
"Plante was the only candidate who really emphasized the need to protect the French language."
In areas with more English-speakers, Plante didn't do as well.
In the waning days of the campaign, Coderre played up his commitment to defending the English-speaking community in a bid to fend off Holness, who had promised to fight Bill 96 if elected mayor.
"Coderre made forceful statements on the need to protect services to anglophones," Béland said.
This First Person column is the experience of Shannon Flaman, who lives in Red Deer, Alta. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
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