Marcel Tremblay is a Canadian politician and a

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lor in

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. Marcel Tremblay, Montreal Island Citizens Union
/ref> He ran as a Civic Party of Montreal candidate to the

in a 1991

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in the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce but lost. In the wake of the province-wide Municipal Merger of 2001, Tremblay ran as a candidate for his brother's

Gérald Tremblay Gérald Tremblay (born September 20, 1942) is a former Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of Montreal from 2002 until his resignation in 2012. He also served as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community. Before b ...

's '' Montreal Island Citizens Union'' (french: Union des citoyens et des citoyennes de l’Île de Montréal or UCIM) in the district De Décarie. The party is now known as ''Union Montreal''. Tremblay won the election over

Vision Montreal Vision Montreal (french: Vision Montréal or VM) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1994 and dissolved in April 2014. Between 2001 and 2013 it formed the official opposition on Montreal City Council. ...

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Sonya Biddle. He was re-elected in 2005, representing the district of

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. Instead of seeking his incumbent seat in the 2009 Montreal municipal election, he ran for borough mayor of

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, where he was defeated by

Anie Samson Anie Samson was a city councillor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She became borough mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension on January 1, 2006. She was reelected on November 1, 2009. She lost her election on November, 5th, 2017. She is ...

of Vision Montréal. His former city council seat was won by

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Projet Montréal Projet Montréal (officially Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante) is a progressive, environmentalist municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2004, it is led by Valérie Plante, and holds a majority of seats on M ...

Electoral record

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