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National Column: Coderre’s fall a signal for Montreal elite

Nov 7, 2017 Comments Off on National Column: Coderre’s fall a signal for Montreal elite

To understand Denis Coderre’s stunning mayoral defeat at the hands of ValÈrie Plante, a city councillor unknown to most Montrealers only a few months ago, it is useful to turn the clock back four years to the happier 2013 night of his first and only municipal victory.
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National Column: Plante is a most coveted catch

Nov 6, 2017 Comments Off on National Column: Plante is a most coveted catch

Come Monday morning, Valerie Plante will either be Montreal’s first elected female mayor after having scored this year’s biggest municipal upset on Sunday or, alternatively, a most coveted catch on Quebec and Canada’s progressive political market. […]