Editing Denis Coderre (section)

=== 2017 election ===
Coderre ran for re-election in the [[2017 Montreal municipal election]] on November 5, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3784803/montreal-elections-2017-mayor-denis-coderre-confident-in-growth-of-city |title=Montreal elections 2017: Mayor Denis Coderre reflects on last four years |orig-date=October 4, 2017 |date=October 22, 2017 |work=[[Global News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104223808/https://globalnews.ca/news/3784803/montreal-elections-2017-mayor-denis-coderre-confident-in-growth-of-city/ |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> In a surprise, Coderre lost the mayoral race to [[Valérie Plante]], making her the first female elected Mayor for the city of Montréal.<ref name="CBC Election 2017">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-montreal-denis-coderre-valerie-plante-1.4388700 |title=Valérie Plante elected mayor of Montreal, beating out Denis Coderre |orig-date=November 5, 2017 |date=November 6, 2017 |last=Shingler |first=Benjamin |work=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224134059/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-montreal-denis-coderre-valerie-plante-1.4388700 |archive-date=December 24, 2024 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> After the election loss, he announced that he would be retiring from politics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3845163/denis-coderre-quitting-political-life-after-losing-montreal-mayoral-race-to-valerie-plante/ |title=Denis Coderre 'quitting political life' after losing Montreal mayoral race to Valérie Plante |date=November 5, 2017 |last=Lau |first=Rachel |work=[[Global News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104224042/https://globalnews.ca/news/3845163/denis-coderre-quitting-political-life-after-losing-montreal-mayoral-race-to-valerie-plante/ |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>