Municipal elections are fast approaching, Sunday, November 1, 2009 to be more precise. There are elections, amongst other municipalities, in the Ville de Montreal, Ville de Longueuil and Ville de Laval.

The official website for the Ville de Montreal's elections is www.election-montreal.qc.ca. You will find information on the electoral list and the jobs available for the elections. You can also follow them on Twitter : @election_MTL.

You can see this complete list of municipalities with elections and this list of all candidates (full list available on October 2) on the government of Quebec's special site on the elections of the Ministère des affaires municipales et Régions et Occupation du territoire. You can also find information on the steps to apply as a candidate. That deadline is October 2.

For even more information on elections in general, you can consult the section on the 2009 municipal elections on the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGEQ)'s web site. You can also find the list of authorized parties by the DGEQ for all the municipalities in Quebec.

There was a televised debate in French on LCN. You can see that debate online on the LCN's website.

Here are the main parties fielding candidates for the Ville de Montreal:

• Équipe Louise O'Sullivan - PMVM (www.partimontrealvillemarie.ca). The party can be followed on Twitter. The candidate for mayor is Louise O'Sullivan.

• Union Montreal (www.unionmontreal.com). The party is on Facebook, YouTube (videos), Twitter, Flickr (photos). The candidate for mayor is Gérald Tremblay.

• Vision Montreal (www.visionmtl.com). The party is on YouTube (videos) and Flickr (photos). The candidate for mayor, Louise Harel, is on Facebook and Twitter and has an article on Wikipedia.

  • Candidates for Vision Montreal in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough are present on Twitter.

• Projet Montreal (www.projetmontreal.org). The party is on Facebook and Twitter. They have an article on Wikipedia. The mayoral candidate is Richard Bergeron.

  • Luc Ferrandez, candidate for mayor of the Plateau Mont-Royal borough, has a blog. You can follow the team for the Plateau Mont-Royal borough on Twitter and has a blog. Carl Boileau is a candidate in the DeLorimier district and he has a website and is present on Twitter.

Here is a list of other parties and independent candidates:

• Karim Boulos, independant candidate in Peter McGill.
• Marc-Boris St-Maurice, independent candidate for city councilor in the Montreal district of Jeanne-Mance in the borough of Le Plateau. Is on Facebook and Twitter.
• Équipe Bédard - Fierté Montréal
• Équipe Jeremy Searle - Borough party
• Parti ethnique de Montréal
• Oser Outremont
• Parti d'Outremont. Has a Facebook. page
• Parti ville LaSalle
• Renouveau municipal de Montréal
• Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (iquebec.ifrance.com/partielephantblancdemontreal)

For election information in the Ville de Longueuil, you can visit the official Election 2009 Longueuil website. Here are the parties so far:

• Action Longueuil. The candidate for mayor, Caroline St-Hilaire, is present on Facebook and Twitter.
• Parti municipal de Longueuil. The party is on Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. The mayoral candidate is Jacques Goyette.

For election information in the Ville de Laval, you can visit the section of their site dedicated to the City's Elections. For elections news, you can read the Politics section of the Courrier Laval. The parties are:

• Mouvement Lavallois, the candidate for mayor is Lydia Aboulian.
• Guy Poitras, candidate in Laval-des-Rapides.
• Parti au service du citoyen. The party is on Facebook and YouTube. The mayoral candidate is Robert Bordeleau.
• Parti PRO des Lavallois. The mayoral candidate is Gilles Vaillancourt. The party is on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

You can view this complete list of municipalities with elections and all the candidates (full list available on October 2) on the government of Quebec's special site on the elections from the Ministère des affaires municipales et Régions et Occupation du territoire. You can also find information on the steps to apply as a candidate. The deadline is October 2.

For even more information on elections in general, you can consult the section on the 2009 elections dedicated website of the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGEQ). You can also find the list of authorized parties by the DGEQ for all municipalities in Quebec.

Here is a list of parties and candidates for the Montreal area other than those mentioned above:

• Mike Cohen candidate as an alderman in Côte-Saint-Luc.

• Municipal elections in Montreal 2009 - Regional Council of Environment
• MtlUrb.com - Municipal Elections Poll 2009.
• ORÉGAND.
• Federation of Quebec Municipalities

You can visit these sites for special sections and election results:

• CBC Montreal.
• The Gazette's special section.
• CTV Montreal's special section.

If you know of other sites then don't hesitate to contact us. We thank you in advance.