The 2009 Cowansville municipal election was held on November 1, 2009, to elect a

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and councillors in

Cowansville Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 15,234. In recent years ...

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. Incumbent mayor Arthur Fauteux was re-elected over former Brigham mayor André Leroux.

Results

*Arthur Fauteux is a veteran politician in Cowansville. He was first elected as an

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. He ran for mayor in

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and finished second against incumbent

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. Fauteux was elected over Charbonneau on his second attempt in

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and was re-elected without opposition in

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and

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. In 2001, he announced that Cowansville would dissolve its local police force in favour of Surete du Quebec protection. Before the 2009 election, he said that his focus was on commercial development, infrastructural improvements, and lower residential tax rates.Michel Laliberté, "Arthur Fauteux briguera un 4e mandat,"
''La voix de l'est'', 5 May 2009, accessed 5 December 2009. {, class="wikitable" width="475" , + 2009 Cowansville election, Councillor, District Six , - ! align="left" , Candidate ! align="right" , Total votes ! align="right" , % of total votes , - , align="left" , Sylvie Beauregard , align="right" , 224 , align="right" , 41.03 , - , align="left" , Mario Landry , align="right" , 163 , align="right" , 29.85 , - , align="left" , Mario Dupont , align="right" , 159 , align="right" , 29.12 , - , - bgcolor="#EEEEEE" ! align="left" , Total valid votes ! align="right" , 546 ! align="right" , 100.00 Source
Official results, Government of Quebec

References

Cowansville 2009 Quebec municipal elections