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Mayoral Candidate: Mayor Of Montreal

Mayoral Candidate Dept: MONTREAL - A number of Quebec politicians have lately been forced to deflect allegations of corruption. Now a Montreal mayoral candidate is deflecting allegations that he's too English for the job, according to Winnipeg Free Press. There have been suggestions in local media, quoting anonymous members of his longtime party, that Applebaum wasn't an ideal mayoral candidate because of his imperfect French and heavy accent and gerald Tremblay speaks at a news conference in Montreal Monday, November 5, 2012 where he announced his resignation as mayor of Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes. Michael Applebaum told reporters Wednesday that he intends to run for interim mayor and promises that, if he wins, he won't be a candidate in the 2013 election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.