Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 3 November 2013 as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 65 positions on the Montreal City Council, including the mayor, borough mayors, and city councillors, as well as 38 borough councillors. Dennis Coderre replaced interim mayor Laurent Blanchard, who was elected to replace the previous interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, who resigned due to 14 charges laid against him including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs. Previous elected mayor Gérald Tremblay left office on 5 November 2012 after his party Union Montréal was suspected of corruption and mafia involvement. On 2 July 2013, Louise Harel, leader of the opposition Vision Montréal, announced she would not b