Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun (EAC) (English: Team Andrée Champoux for Verdun) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party contested seats on the Verdun borough council in the 2013 Montreal municipal election.
Party leader As its name implies, EAC was led by Andrée Champoux, who was also its candidate for borough mayor in 2013. Champoux had previously been elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2009 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of Union Montreal. She left the party on December 4, 2012, after its leader, Gérald Tremblay, resigned from office amid scandal.Tracey Ariel, "Ginette Marotte new mayor of Verdun", The Suburban, 19 December 2012, accessed 17 December 2013; Pierre Lussier, "Mairie de Verdun: que nous réserve 2013?", Le Reflet du Lac, 2 January 2013, accessed 14 December 2013.
When Verdun borough mayor Claude Trudel also resigned from office in the same period, Champoux put forward her name to become his interim successor. She was defeated by city councillor Ginette Marotte in a four-to-two vote among the remaining borough council members.Pierre Lussier, "Ginette Marotte, élue maire de Verdun" , Le Messager Verdun, 12 December 2012, accessed 12 December 2013.
2013 election After serving for several months as an independent, Champoux formed EAC in 2013. The party's campaign slogan in that year's municipal election was «citoyens d'abord» (English: "citizens first").Un nouveau parti pour Verdun, Métro, 12 September 2013, accessed 14 December 2013. During the campaign, Champoux outlined her party's approaches to subjects such as public transit on Nuns' Island and poverty reduction."Question à Andrée Champoux – Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun, candidate à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Messager Verdun, 30 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013; "Question à Andrée Champoux – Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun, candidate à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Magazine de L'île des Soeurs, 29 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013.
She was defeated in the mayoral contest, and none of the EAC's candidates for city council and borough council were elected.
The party was dissolved and ceased to be recognized by the Directeur général des élections du Québec on July 17, 2014.
Election results Electoral DistrictEligible votersPositionTurnoutCandidates IncumbentResult Équipe Coderre Coalition Projet Montréal OVM VCM Other — 47,677 Borough mayor 44.74% Jean-François Parenteau5,147 (24.81%) Alain Tassé2,902 (13.99%) Mary Ann Davis4,594 (22.14%) André Savard2,669 (12.86%) Mourad Bendjennet3,645 (17.57%) Andrée Champoux (EAC)1,549(7.47%)Jency Mercier (IM)139 (0.67%)Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.)102 (0.49%) Ginette Marotte EDC gain from Ind. Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs 25,660 City councillor 45.60% Manon Gauthier2,972 (26.25%) André Julien1,612 (14.24%) Jack L. Kugelmass2,195 (19.39%) Marc Touchette833 (7.36%) Mathieu Bélanger2,643 (23.34%) Jacques Gendron (EAC)1,067 (9.42%) Vacant EDC gain Borough councillor I 45.64% Pierre L'Heureux3,051 (26.9%) Paul Beaupré1,782 (15.71%) Dolores Durbau2,149 (18.95%) Charles Côté984 (8.68%) Jacline Leroux2,514 (22.17%) Carole Anctil (EAC)752 (6.63%)Abdulilah Kassem (Ind.)109 (0.96%) Paul Beaupré EDC gain from CM Borough councillor II 45.68% Marie-Eve Brunet3,051 (26.88%) Jean-Pierre Boivin1,886 (16.62%) Stefana Lamasanu2,313 (20.36%) Luce Latendresse800 (7.05%) Stéphanie Raymond-Bougie2,617 (23.06%) Béatrice Guay Pepper (EAC)684 (6.03%) Andrée Champoux EDC gain from EAC Desmarchais-Crawford 22,017 City councillor 43.68% Sébastien Dhavernas2,095 (22.53%) Françoise Gloutnay1,082 (11.64%) Sterling Downey2,306 (24.80%) Richard Langlais1,523 (16.38%) Marie-Josée Parent1,917 (20.62%) France Caya (EAC)376 (4.04%) Alain Tassé PM gain from CM Borough councillor I 43.67% Michelle Tremblay2,141 (23.05%) Monique Trudel1,228 (13.22%) Luc Gagnon2,329 (25.07%) Joanne Poulin1,431 (15.41%) Gladys Negret1,773 (19.09%) Michèle L'Allier-Davies (EAC)387 (4.17%) Ann Guy PM gain from Ind. Borough councillor II 43.67% Philippe Sarrasin2,018 (21.71%) Rielle Lévesque1,060 (11.40%) Marie-Andrée Mauger2,422 (26.05%) Robert Auger1,510 (16.24%) André-Yanne Parent1,878 (20.20%) Mamad Raheemeea (EAC)409 (4.40%) André Savard PM gain from OVM
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