General elections
|18 November, 2021
The Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities provides that any person who has reasonable grounds to believe that a deputy returning officer has unlawfully counted or rejected votes or prepared an inaccurate statement of the number of votes cast may apply to the Court of Québec for a recount.
In the days following the release of the November 6-7 general election vote count, six petitions for recounts were filed with the Court. These requests concern the following elected positions and boroughs:
| Position | Borough | District | Number voting (2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| City councillor | Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | La Pointe-aux-Prairies | 10,224 |
| Borough mayor | Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Tremble | All | 31,029 |
| City councillor | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Loyola | 7,432 |
| Borough mayor | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | All | 32,506 |
| City councillor | Mercier–Hochelaga–Maisonneuve | Tétreaultville | 11,353 |
| Borough mayor | Outremont | All | 8,580 |
On November 17, Judge Sylvain Coutlée of the Court of Québec authorized a judicial recount for the four positions in the Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles and Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce boroughs. These recounts will begin on Monday, November 22, 2021.
The motions concerning the boroughs of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Outremont have not yet been decided by the Court.
Elections Montréal will offer its full cooperation in these final stages of the electoral process.