Montreal City Council

Montreal City Council
Conseil municipal de Montréal (French)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Structure
Seats 64 councillors and mayor
28 / 65
18 / 65
5 / 65
3 / 65
Équipe Anjou
2 / 65
Pro action LaSalle
2 / 65
Équipe Dauphin Lachine
1 / 65
3 / 65
Elections
Last election
3 November 2013
Website
ville.montreal.qc.ca

The Montreal City Council (French: Conseil municipal de Montréal) is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the city council. The council is a democratically elected institution and is the final decision-making authority in the city, although much power is centralized in the executive committee. The council consists of 65 members from all boroughs of the city.[1] The council has jurisdiction over many matters, including public security, agreements with other governments, subsidy programs, the environment, urban planning, and a three-year capital expenditure program. The city council is also required to supervise, standardize or approve certain decisions made by the borough councils.

City Hall

Committees

Reporting directly to the city council, the executive committee exercises decision-making powers similar to that of the cabinet in a parliamentary system and is responsible for preparing various documents including budgets and by-laws, submitted to the city council for approval. The decision-making powers of the executive committee cover, in particular, the awarding of contracts or grants, the management of human and financial resources, supplies and buildings. It may also be assigned further powers by the city council.

Standing committees are the council's prime instruments for public consultation. They are responsible for the public study of pending matters and for making the appropriate recommendations to the council. They also review the annual budget forecasts for departments under their jurisdiction. A public notice of meeting is published in both French and English daily newspapers at least seven days before each meeting. All meetings include a public question period. The standing committees, of which there are seven, have terms lasting two years. In addition, the city council may decide to create special committees at any time. Each standing committee is made up of seven to nine members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman. The members are all elected municipal officers, with the exception of a representative of the government of Quebec on the public security committee.

Composition

The current city council consists of the mayor and 64 elected city councillors, including borough mayors. Unlike most Canadian cities, the city of Montreal has political parties.

Each borough is divided into between two and five districts, and has a different system of representation depending on its population. Each borough also has a borough council, consisting of the borough mayor, any city councillors, and in certain boroughs additional borough councillors, as follows:

Borough Representation on city council Additional representation on borough council
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts None
Anjou Borough mayor and 1 city councillor Borough councillors for 3 districts
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough mayor and city councillors for 5 districts None
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève Borough mayor only Borough councillors for 4 districts
Lachine Borough mayor and 1 city councillor Borough councillors for 3 districts
LaSalle Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts Each district elects 2 borough councillors
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts None
Montréal-Nord Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Outremont Borough mayor only Borough councillors for 4 districts
Pierrefonds-Roxboro Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough mayor and city councillors for 3 districts Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Borough mayor and city councillors for 3 districts Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts None
Saint-Laurent Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Saint-Léonard Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Le Sud-Ouest Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Verdun Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts Each district elects 2 borough councillors
Ville-Marie Mayor of Montreal (ex officio borough mayor)
and city councillors for 3 districts
2 city councillors from other boroughs named by the Mayor
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts None

Party standings

The most recent election was the Montreal municipal election, 2013,[2] in which Denis Coderre's Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal party won 27 of the 65 seats on council. One additional councillor, Marc-André Gadoury, crossed the floor from the Projet Montréal party to join the EDC in August 2015.[3]

Party standings
  Party Leader Seats as of 2013 election Seats as of September 8, 2015
  Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal Denis Coderre 27 28
  Projet Montréal Luc Ferrandez 20 17
  Coalition Montréal Benoit Dorais 6 5
  Vrai changement pour Montréal Justine McIntyre 4 3
  Équipe Anjou Luis Miranda 2 2
  Équipe Dauphin Lachine Claude Dauphin 2 2
  Pro action LaSalle Manon Barbe 2 2
  Équipe conservons Outremont Marie Cinq-Mars 1 1
  Independent 1 4

Current members

Borough Position Party Name Location
Ville-Marie Mayor of Montreal   Denis Coderre C
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough mayor   Pierre Gagnier Nw
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Councillor, Ahuntsic   Émilie Thuillier Nw
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Councillor, Bordeaux-Cartierville   Harout Chitilian Nw
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Councillor, Saint-Sulpice   Pierre Desrochers Nw
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Councillor, Sault-au-Récollet   Lorraine Pagé Nw
Anjou Borough mayor   Luis Miranda Ne
Anjou Councillor   Andrée Hénault Ne
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough mayor   Russell Copeman C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges   Magda Popeanu C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Darlington   Lionel Perez C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Loyola   Jeremy Searle C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce   Peter McQueen C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Snowdon   Marvin Rotrand C
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève Borough mayor   Normand Marinacci Nw
Lachine Borough mayor   Claude Dauphin S
Lachine Councillor   Jean-François Cloutier S
LaSalle Borough mayor   Manon Barbe S
LaSalle Councillor, Cecil-P.-Newman   Monique Vallée S
LaSalle Councillor, Sault-Saint-Louis   Richard Deschamps S
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Borough mayor   Réal Ménard E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Councillor, Hochelaga   Éric Alan Caldwell E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Councillor, Louis-Riel   Karine Boivin Roy E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe   Laurence Lavigne Lalonde E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Councillor, Tétreaultville   Richard Celzi E
Montréal-Nord Borough mayor   Christine Black Ne
Montréal-Nord Councillor, Marie-Clarac   Chantal Rossi Ne
Montréal-Nord Councillor, Ovide-Clermont   Jean-Marc Gibeau Ne
Outremont Borough mayor   Marie Cinq-Mars C
Pierrefonds-Roxboro Borough mayor   Dimitrios Jim Beis Nw
Pierrefonds-Roxboro Councillor, Bois-de-Liesse   Justine McIntyre Nw
Pierrefonds-Roxboro Councillor, Cap-Saint-Jacques   Catherine Clément-Talbot Nw
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough mayor   Luc Ferrandez C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Councillor, DeLorimier   Louise Mainville C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Councillor, Jeanne-Mance   Alex Norris C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Councillor, Mile-End   Richard Ryan C
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Borough mayor   Chantal Rouleau Ne
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies   Richard Guay Ne
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles   Suzanne Décarie Ne
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies   Giovanni Rapanà Ne
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Borough mayor   François Croteau E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Étienne-Desmarteau   Marc-André Gadoury E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Marie-Victorin   Guillaume Lavoie E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Saint-Édouard   François Limoges E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Vieux-Rosemont   Érika Duchesne E
Saint-Laurent Borough mayor   Alan DeSousa Nw
Saint-Laurent Councillor, Côte-de-Liesse   Francesco Miele Nw
Saint-Laurent Councillor, Norman-McLaren   Aref Salem Nw
Saint-Léonard Borough mayor   Michel Bissonnet Ne
Saint-Léonard Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est   Patricia Lattanzio Ne
Saint-Léonard Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest   Dominic Perri Ne
Le Sud-Ouest Borough mayor   Benoit Dorais S
Le Sud-Ouest Councillor, Saint-Henri
Petite-BourgognePointe-Saint-Charles
  Craig Sauvé S
Le Sud-Ouest Councillor, Saint-PaulÉmard   Anne-Marie Sigouin S
Verdun Borough mayor   Jean-François Parenteau S
Verdun Councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs   Manon Gauthier S
Verdun Councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford   Sterling Downey S
Ville-Marie Councillor, Peter-McGill   Steve Shanahan C
Ville-Marie Councillor, Saint-Jacques   Richard Bergeron C
Ville-Marie Councillor, Sainte-Marie   Valérie Plante C
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Borough mayor   Anie Samson E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Councillor, François-Perrault   Sylvain Ouellet E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Councillor, Parc-Extension   Mary Deros E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Councillor, Saint-Michel   Frantz Benjamin E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Councillor, Villeray   Elsie Lefebvre E

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