2001 Potton municipal election

September 2023 June 2013 The 2001 Potton municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and councillors in Potton, Quebec. Results André Marcoux was the mayor of Potton from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 2001. He lost to his cousin Jacques Marcoux in the 1989 municipal election, but regained the mayoralty four years later.Dany Jacques, "Jacques Marcoux sollicitera la mairie du Canton de Potton" https://web.archive.org/web/20110713201314/http://www.lerefletdulac.com/Societe/Nos-gens/2008-12-11/article-740154/Jacques-Marcoux-sollicitera-la-mairie-du-Canton-de-Potton/1 2011-07-13 , Le Reflect du Lac, 11 December 2008, accessed 25 February 2011. In 2000, he promoted a plan for a new community centre that he said could be accomplished with assistance from the federal and provincial governments and without a tax increase.Murielle Parkes, "Residents rally around plans for community centre," Sherbrooke Record, 23 June 2000, p. 7. The federal and provincial governments declined to fund the centre in 2002, following Marcoux's defeat.Kate Shingler, "No gov't money for Mansonville youth centre," Sherbrooke Record, 13 August 2002, p. 4. He is not to be confused with another André Marcoux who has served as mayor of Donnacona. + 2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat One Candidate Total votes % of total votes Lorna Aiken-Lamothe 526 59.10 Ross Taylor 281 31.57 Damien Pouliot 83 9.33 Total valid votes 890 100.00 + 2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Two Candidate Total votes % of total votes Barbara Koch 457 51.46 (incumbent)Ernest Tomuschat 248 27.93 John Lutzman 183 20.61 Total valid votes 888 100.00 + 2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Four Candidate Total votes % of total votes Edward Mierzwinski 561 63.61 Debra Harding 321 36.39 Total valid votes 882 100.00 + 2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Five Candidate Total votes % of total votes Marcel Turner 634 71.40 (incumbent)Pierre Pouliot 254 28.60 Total valid votes 888 100.00 + 2001 Potton election, Councillor, Seat Six Candidate Total votes % of total votes Christian Rodrigue accl. . Source: "Election 2001 Sherbrooke & Townships," Sherbrooke Record, 6 November 2001, p. 5. References Category:2001 Quebec municipal elections Category:November 2001 in Canada 2001