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. It fronted its own candidate,

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for the mayorship of Montreal in the municipal elections in 2009. During his electoral campaign, Mr. Bédard protested because of his exclusion from an election debate on

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on equal footing with the candidates of the three major parties

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and Projet Montréal, but his request to join in the debate was rejected.Révision de l’ombudsman sur le débat des candidats à la mairie de Montréal le 19 octobre 2009 au Téléjournal/Montréal et au RDI
(in French) During the actual elections, he brought in just 5,297 votes, 1.26% of the electorate. Presently the Parti Fierté Montréal has no councillors in Montreal's city government.

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