of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Saint-Timothée; municipality of Grande-Île. City of Matane: Former city of Matane; municipalities of Petit-Matane and Saint-Luc-de-Matane; parish of Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane. City of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts: Former city of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts; municipalities of Sainte-Agathe-Nord and Ivry-sur-le-Lac. City of Mont-Laurier: Former city of Mont-Laurier; municipalities of Des Ruisseaux and Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles. City of Sept-Îles: Former cities of Sept-Îles and Moisie, municipality of Gallix. City of Cookshire-Eaton: Former city of Cookshire, townships of Eaton and Newport. City of Magog: Former city of Magog and township of Magog; village of Omerville City of Saint-Sauveur: Former village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts and parish of Saint-Sauveur. City of Sainte-Marguerite-Estérel: Former city of Estérel and parish of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson. City of Saint-Pie: Former city of Saint-Pie and parish of Saint-Pie. Municipality of Lacolle: Former village of Lacolle and parish of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. Municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge: Former township of Grenville and village of Calumet. City of Sutton: Former city of Sutton and township of Sutton. City of Port-Cartier: Former city of Port-Cartier and municipality of Rivière-Pentecôte. City of Métis-sur-Mer: Former village of Métis-sur-Mer and municipality of Les Boules. City of Lac-Etchemin: Former city of Lac-Etchemin and parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin. City of Mont-Joli: Former city of Mont-Joli and municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. City of Alma: Former city of Alma and municipality of Delisle. Municipality of Adstock: former municipality of Adstock and village of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac. City of Terrebonne: former cities of Terrebonne, Lachenaie, and La Plaine. City of Richelieu: former city of Richelieu and municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Demerger referendums After the 2003 election, the new Québec Liberal Party government led by Jean Charest adopted Bill 9, which created a formal process by which old municipalities could be reconstituted (in legal terms). Contrary to what was promised by Charest (full de-amalgamation), Bill 9 only restored specific powers to the demerged cities (e.g., animal control, garbage pickup, local street maintenance, some cultural facilities). The "bigger" expenses (e.g., police, fire, main streets, expansion programs) and the majority of the taxes remained in the hands of urban agglomerations, which are controlled by the central merged city because their larger populations give them greater voting weight. In Montreal, the de-amalgamated cities hold only 13% of the votes on the agglomeration council. This consulting process about Bill 9 required 10% of voters residing within an amalgamated municipality to sign a petition to demand the holding of a referendum on de-amalgamation. To succeed, a referendum had to fulfill two conditions: A majority must vote