The 2009 Potton municipal election took place on November 1, 2009, to elect a
mayor and councillors in
Potton,
Quebec.
Results
*Jacques Marcoux was born to Canadian parents in
Greenville,
Maine, in 1945 and moved to Canada with his family two years later. He worked for many years as a teacher, civil servant, and small business owner. He was a councillor in Potton from 1981 to 1985 and was elected as the community's mayor over his cousin, incumbent
André Marcoux, in
1989
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. He served for one term before being defeated in a
1993 election rematch. In 1988, he helped defeat a municipal by-law that would have permitted three new developments in the town; Marcoux said that he wanted to preserve Potton's rural character. He later served as president of the board of directors for the Centre de Sante Memphremagog in the early 2000s. In 2008, he undertook an eleven thousand kilometre
bicycle
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journey in the
United States and Canada to raise thirty-six thousand dollars for community groups in
Mansonville. When he launched his mayoral campaign in 2009, he was sixty-three years old and described himself as retired. One of his first initiatives after winning the election was to help pass an initiative to bring high-speed internet to the entire community. By virtue of being the mayor of Potton, Marcoux also serves on the
Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality. In March 2010, he announced an increase in the region's rural transportation services. In January 2011, he became chair of the region's local development centre.
*Louis Veillon has operated ''La Vieille Buche Pub'' in
Mansonville. He served on the Potton municipal council from 1993 to 1997 and again from 2001 to 2009; he first sought election as mayor in
1997
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and lost to
André Marcoux. Veillon was sixty years old in 2009 and listed himself as retired.
Dany Jacques "Louis Veillon affrontera Jacques Marcoux à la mairie de Mansonville"
''Le Reflet du Lac'', 13 September 2009, accessed 25 February 2011.
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Source
Résultats 2009, Affairs municipales, Régions, et Occupations du territoire
References
2009 Quebec municipal elections