Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections, 2014

Elections were held in Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Prescott and Russell United Counties Council

The Council consists of the mayors of the eight constituent municipalities:^[1]

Municipality	Mayor
Alfred and Plantagenet	Fernand Dicaire
Casselman	Conrad Lamadeleine
Champlain	Gary J. Barton (acclaimed)
Clarence-Rockland	Guy Desjardins
East Hawkesbury	Robert Kirby (acclaimed)
Hawkesbury	Jeanne Charlebois
Russell	Election suspended until December following death of candidate
The Nation	François St. Amour

Mayors and councillors not seeking re-election

The following mayors and municipal councillors announced they were not seeking re-election :

Councillors

Érik Bazinet, Russell
Craig Cullen, Russell
Gabriel Dussault, East Hawkesbury
Mario Laplante, Casselman
Linda Séguin, East Hawkesbury

Alfred and Plantagenet

Mayoral Candidate ^[2]	Vote	%
Fernand Dicaire	1,716	44.66
Jean-Yves Lalonde (X)	1,413	36.78
Mario Charlebois	713	18.56

Casselman

Mayoral Candidate ^[3]	Vote	%
Conrad Lamadeleine	922	46.05
Daniel Lafleur	549	27.42
Francyn A. Leblanc	360	17.98
Claude Levac (X)	171	8.54

Champlain

Mayoral Candidate ^[4]	Vote	%
Gary J. Barton (X)	Acclaimed

Clarence-Rockland

Mayoral Candidate ^[5]	Vote	%
Guy Desjardins	5,617	71.77
Marcel Guibord (X)	2,209	28.23

East Hawkesbury

Mayoral Candidate ^[6]	Vote	%
Robert Kirby (X)	Acclaimed

Hawkesbury

Mayoral Candidate ^[7]	Vote	%
Jeanne Charlebois	2,744	58.40
René Berthiaume (X)	1,335	28.41
Jean Bryant Corbin	620	13.19

Russell

Councillors

There are 4 seats being contested for Russell Town Council.

Councillors Candidate	Vote	%
^[8] Amanda Simard	2763
Jamie Laurin	2124
Pierre Leroux	2074
André D. Brisson	1923
Cindy Saucier	1411
Patrick Thibodeau	1246
Raymond Saint-Pierre	1205
Ron Barr	1184
Duane Fitzpatrick	858

Incumbent Eric Bazinet and interim councillor Calvin Pol are not re-run again in 2014.^[9]

By-election for mayor

A by-election for mayor will be held from December 12 to 15 after the death of Jean-Paul St. Pierre on October 18 at the age of 65, while trying to get re-elected on October 27. One candidate for mayor, his cousin Donald St. Pierre has decided to suspend his campaign until further notice,^[10]^[11] but he is now registered as one of four candidates^[12]

At least the election of four new candidates for the post of councilors continue as scheduled on October 27. One of the nine candidates Raymond St. Pierre, the brother of former mayor announces that do not intend to present a candidate for mayor, although he stopped campaigning for the time after the announcement the death of his brother^[13]

Potential candidates

This list is not exhaustive and includes all individuals who have a demonstrated interest in the position of the municipality or whose name has circulated in the media :

Pierre Leroux, councillor since 2010.
Donald Saint-Pierre, current candidate for mayor and cousin of Jean-Paul Saint-Pierre.
Ronald Thériault, Russell's resident.^[14]
Jamie Laurin, current councillor

Declined

Marc-Antoine Gagnier, candidate independent of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell to Ontario election Thursday, June 12, 2014.^[15]
Raymond Saint-Pierre, current candidate for councilor and brother of Jean-Paul Saint-Pierre.

Results

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
^[16]Pierre Leroux	1780
Jamie Laurin	1210
Donald Saint-Perre	684
Ronald Thériault	568

The Nation

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
François St. Amour (X)	2,510	56.54
Denis Pommainville	1,929	43.46

References

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