Who will be Montreal's new mayor?

Montreal's city council has 30 days to elect an interim mayor, who will hold office until the next election in Nov. 2013.

Until then, Jane Cowell-Poitras will sit as acting mayor.

Jane Cowell-Poitras

• City councillor for Lachine since 1988
• Deputy Mayor and councillor for social development, family and the elderly
• Acting Mayor until interim mayor is elected by city council
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Potential mayoralty candidates

Michael Applebaum

• Borough mayor for Notre-Dame-de-GrceCte-des-Neiges
• City councillor
• President of the city's executive committee
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Richard Deschamps

• City councillor for Sault-Saint-Louis in the borough ofLaSalle
• Vice-President for the city'sexecutive committee
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Alan DeSousa

• Borough mayor for Saint-Laurent
• City councillor
• Vice-President for the city's executive committee
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