Verdun borough council

The Verdun borough council is the local governing body of Verdun, a borough in the City of Montreal. The council consists of seven members: the borough mayor (who also serves as a Montreal city councillor), two city councillors representing the borough's electoral districts, and four borough councillors representing of the same electoral districts (two per division).^[1]

Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal narrowly won a majority on council in the 2013 Montreal municipal election, taking four seats to Projet Montréal's three.

Current members

District	Position	Name		Party
—	Borough mayor City councillor	Jean-François Parenteau		Équipe Denis Coderre
Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs	City councillor	Manon Gauthier		Équipe Denis Coderre
	Borough councillor	Pierre L'Heureux		Équipe Denis Coderre
		Marie-Eve Brunet		Équipe Denis Coderre
Desmarchais-Crawford	City councillor	Sterling Downey		Projet Montréal
	Borough councillor	Luc Gagnon		Projet Montréal
		Marie-Andrée Mauger		Projet Montréal

Former members

• Marc Touchette was elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2005 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU). He served for one term, was a member of the borough's public safety committee,^[2] and did not seek re-election in 2009. He ran for Montreal city council for the same division in the 2013 municipal election as a candidate of Option Verdun/Montréal and was defeated. Touchette was also elected to the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007. As of 2013, he serves on the commission's governance and ethics committee.^[3]

References

1. Electoral Process and Districts: Verdun borough , City of Montreal, accessed 7 December 2013.
2. David Johnston, "Careful, drivers," Montreal Gazette, 12 May 2008, A2.
3. Marc Touchette, Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, accessed 18 December 2013.