The 2001 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gérald Tremblay defeated incumbent Pierre Bourque to become mayor of the newly amalgamated city. This was the only municipal election that was held for the amalgamated city (the amalgamation took effect on January 1, 2002), as the next municipal election was for the defused city.

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2001 Montreal municipal election

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74 seats in Montreal City Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Gérald Tremblay Pierre Bourque Party Citizens Union Vision Montreal Leader since 2001 1994 Leader's seat Mayor Marie-Victorin Last election pre-creation 39 seats, 45.52% Seats won 40 31 Seat change   8 Popular vote 311,451 279,123 Percentage 50.37% 45.14% Swing New 0.38%
Mayor before election Pierre Bourque Vision Montreal Elected Mayor Gérald Tremblay Citizens Union

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All mayoral candidates were also allowed to run for a seat on council, with "alternates" who would assume the council seat if the mayoral candidates were elected to both offices.

Montreal Island Citizens Union

• Robert Blondin (Louis-Cyr) appears to have been a first-time candidate. During the 1980s, a person named Robert Blondin chaired the Parti Québécois's riding committee in Saint-Henri and criticized René Lévesque's decision to de-emphasize the party's focus on Quebec sovereignty.^[1] This may have been the same person.
• Gilles Marette (Louis-Riel) was a first time candidate.
• Nancy Boileau (Maisonneuve) is a community activist. In 2000, she sought to initiate a class-action lawsuit on behalf of commuters who had waited in cold weather for city buses that never arrived or were too full to pick up more passengers.^[2] In the 2001 campaign, she campaigned against gentrification and for more affordable housing.^[3]

Vision Montreal

• Lino Colapelle (Saint-Léonard-Est borough council) was a first-time candidate.

White Elephant Party

• Charles Paradis (Jean-Rivard), Daniel Paré (Louis-Cyr) and Denis Fournier (Saint-Léonard) were first-time candidates.^[4]

Independents

• Steve Gentile (Port-Maurice) was a first-time candidate. There is a noted designer in Saint-Leonard named Steve Gentile, though it is not known if this is the same person.^[5]