Projet Montréal
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Projet Montréal (officially Projet Montréal - Équipe Luc Rabouin)[1] is a progressive, environmentalist municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2004, it is led by Luc Rabouin and holds a majority of seats on Montreal City Council.
History
Projet Montréal was founded by environmental activists in 2004.[2] Richard Bergeron was the party's first mayoral candidate. He was elected to the city council in 2005 and gathered 8.53% of the vote for mayor.[3]
In the September 2006 by-election held in the district of Marie-Victorin, Projet Montréal candidate and former city councillor Kettly Beauregard won 31.7% of the vote, for a second-place finish.[4]
In December 2007, candidate Template:Ill took second place with 37.43% in a by-election to replace disgraced Outremont borough mayor Stephane Harbour.[5] At the same time, there was a by-election in Outremont's Robert-Bourassa district to replace Marie Cinq-Mars, who chose to run for borough mayor. Candidate Denise Rochefort also placed second, with 35.13% of the vote.
In the 2009 Montreal municipal election, Bergeron led the party through steadily increasing polls to a strong third-place showing, winning thirteen seats on city and borough councils, including two borough mayors, and sweeping the Plateau-Mont-Royal.[6]
In April 2012, Érika Duchesne won a by-election in the Vieux-Rosemont district of Rosemont-La Petite Patrie, giving Project Montréal its 11th seat on city council.[7]
In the 2013 Montreal municipal election, Projet Montréal doubled its number of seats within city council, going from 10 to 20 and becoming the official opposition against Denis Coderre's team. After the election, Richard Bergeron stated that he would resign his party leadership within the next 12 or 24 months. He admitted that he was disappointed with the election results but that he would remain to make Projet Montréal into a true opposition to Coderre's administration.[8]
In the 2017 Montreal municipal election, Projet Montréal had won a majority of seats in the city council as well as having its mayoral candidate Valérie Plante become the mayor of Montreal.[9][10]
Platform
Projet Montréal advocates sustainable urbanism,[2] which is the application of the principles of sustainable development to an urban setting, such as downtown Montreal. One of the party's proposals consists of building light rail in order to do the following:
- reduce car traffic;
- give more room to pedestrians and cyclists;
- increase the residents' quality of life and
- reverse urban sprawl.[11]
Projet Montréal's 2009 platform elaborates commitments for seven major aspects of urban living:[12]
- Renewal and expansion of participatory democracy
- Affordable housing and reinforcing socio-urban tissue
- Sustainable transport (public transit and active transit)
- Environmental sustainability
- Economic development
- Culture
- Accountability and public services
Electoral results
| Election | Mayoral candidate | Mayoral popular vote | Change (pp) | Councillors elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Richard Bergeron | 8.53% | Template:Same | Template:Composition bar |
| 2009 | Richard Bergeron | 25.45% | Increase 16.92 | Template:Composition bar |
| 2013 | Richard Bergeron | 25.52% | Increase 0.07 | Template:Composition bar |
| 2017 | Valérie Plante | 51.42% | Increase 25.9 | Template:Composition bar |
| 2021 | Valérie Plante | 52.14% | Increase 0.72 | Template:Composition bar |
Victories are indicated with bold fonts.
Councillors
Projet Montréal currently holds the following seats on Montreal City Council and borough councils.
City councillors
Borough councillors
The city councillors listed above all sit on the councils of their respective boroughs. In addition to these, the party holds the following seats on borough councils.
| Borough | Position | Party | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachine | Borough councillor, Du Canal | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Micheline Rouleau |
| Lachine | Borough councillor, Fort-Rolland | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Michèle Flannery |
| Lachine | Borough councillor, J.-Émery-Provost | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Younes Boukala |
| Outremont | Borough councillor, Claude-Ryan | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Mindy Pollak |
| Outremont | Borough councillor, Joseph-Beaubien | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Valérie Patreau |
| Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | Borough councillor, De Lorimier | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Laurence Parent |
| Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | Borough councillor, Jeanne-Mance | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Maeva Vilain |
| Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | Borough councillor, Mile-End | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Marie Sterlin |
| Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | Borough councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Daphney Colin |
| Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | Borough councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Marie-Claude Baril |
| Le Sud-Ouest | Borough councillor, Saint-Henri-Est–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles-Griffintown | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Tan Shan Li |
| Le Sud-Ouest | Borough councillor, Saint-Paul–Émard–Saint-Henri-Ouest | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Anne-Marie Sigouin |
| Verdun | Borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs (1) | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Céline-Audrey Beauregard |
| Verdun | Borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs (2) | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Enrique Machado |
| Verdun | Borough councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford (1) | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Benoit Gratton |
| Verdun | Borough councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford (2) | width="30px" Template:Canadian party colour | | Kaïla Amaya-Munro |
References
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