Mayor of Montreal.: Denis Coderre

Denis Coderre: MONTREAL - The stewardship of a scandal-afflicted city has now been entrusted to Denis Coderre, the back-slapping political populist who was elected Sunday as mayor of Montreal. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The former minister and party organizer for the federal Liberals held a five-percentage-point edge in his first attempt at municipal politics. A woman walks past City Hall in Montreal, Februray 19, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes Coderre's knack for grabbing attention has followed him from the federal arena, where he was a perennial purveyor of high-publicity causes who built a huge online following, in part by live-tweeting Montreal Canadiens games. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.