Recounts expected after tight wins in Montreal, demerged cities
CBC
Parties and candidates across the island of Montreal are calling for judicial recounts in the wake of the municipal election, after several races ended with slim margins of victory.
The boroughs of Outremont and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, as well as the demerged cities of Pointe-Claire and the Town of Mount-Royal (TMR) all have candidates requesting recounts.
The recount process is not automatic. To trigger a recount, there must be "reasonable grounds" to believe the poll workers have "improperly counted or rejected votes or [have] drawn up an incorrect statement of the number of votes cast."
The arguments are heard by a judge, who then rules on whether or not the recount should proceed.
Valérie Plante's party, Projet Montréal, is asking for the results to be verified in two races that narrowly went to Ensemble Montréal.
Laurent Desbois of Ensemble was elected mayor of Outremont with only 23 votes more than Projet's incumbent candidate, Philipe Tomlinson.
Projet has also requested a recount in one of the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough council races. Suzie Miron of Projet lost the Tétreaultville race to Ensemble's Julien Hénault-Ratelle by just 50 votes.
Ensemble Montreal has not yet called for any recounts, despite narrowly losing some races.
Ensemble Montréal's Lionel Perez was initially projected be the next mayor of Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce, but was ultimately defeated by Projet's Gracia Kasoki Katahwa, who took the city's most populous borough by 212 votes.
In Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, Projet's Lisa Christensen won the city councillor race in Pointe-aux-Prairies a mere 13 votes ahead of Ensemble's Vincent Girard.
In TMR, two councillors who ran with Équipe Peter Malouf are also calling for recounts. Sarah Morgan and Robert Tannous lost their district races by 24 votes and 13 votes, respectively.
Malouf, who was sworn in as mayor of the town on Thursday, said a recount would reassure everyone that the system works.
"It's really all about democracy, and it's really not a personal thing," he told CBC.
Malouf said that his team had volunteer scrutineers at the counting who raised concerns. Those volunteers said they will testify to back up the request of a recount, he said.
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