Ensemble Montréal
Ensemble Montréal | |
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| Active municipal party | |
| Leader | Lionel Perez |
| Founded | May 23, 2013 |
| Headquarters | 1100 Cremazie Boulevard East, apt. 207 Montreal, Quebec H2P 2X2 |
| Seats on council | 21 / 65 |
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Ensemble Montréal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its 35 elected officiials are present in many districts in Montreal and represent the boroughs of Montréal-Nord (mayor, Christine Black), Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles (mayor, Chantal Rouleau), Saint-Léonard (mayor, Michel Bissonnet), Saint-Laurent (mayor, Alan DeSousa) and Pierrefonds-Roxboro (mayor, Dimitrios (Jim) Beis). Since November 5, 2017, Lionel Perez is the interim leader and the 21 elected officials who sit on the Montreal City Council form the Official Opposition.
Contents
1 2013 elections
1.1 Councillors
1.2 Former
2 2017 elections
2.1 Councillors
2.2 Former
3 References
4 External links
2013 elections
The party was created in 2013 under the name Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal to support the candidacy of Denis Coderre for Mayor of Montréal during the November 3rd, 2013 municipal elections. In 2012, Denis Coderre announced his candidacy for mayor of Montreal.[1] Beginning in June 2013, seventeen sitting members of Montreal City Council, as well as several borough councillors, switched their party affiliation to Coderre's team.[2] Most were sitting as independent councillors following the dissolution of the Union Montréal party in the wake of Gérald Tremblay's resignation as mayor in 2012, although Coderre attracted support from former Vision Montréal and Projet Montréal councillors as well.
The party also announced a number of non-incumbent candidates in other races, including former Radio-Canada journalist Philippe Schnobb.[3] However, the party also faced some criticism for the fact that of the 19 candidates announced by the party as of early August, fifteen were incumbents and only four were new candidates, resulting in media speculation that Coderre could potentially fall short of his early promise to put forward a slate of candidates that was at least 50 per cent new.[4]
Councillors
After the 2013 election, Équipe Denis Coderre held the following seats on Montreal City Council and borough councils.[2][5][6]
| Councillor | Borough | Position |
|---|---|---|
BatistaMario Batista | Saint-Léonard | borough councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest |
BeisDimitrios Jim Beis | Pierrefonds-Roxboro | borough mayor |
BenjaminFrantz Benjamin | Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | city councillor, Saint-Michel |
BergeronRichard Bergeron | Ville-Marie | city councillor, Saint-Jacques |
BironMichèle Biron | Saint-Laurent | borough councillor, Norman-McLaren |
BissonnetMichel Bissonnet | Saint-Léonard | borough mayor |
BlackChristine Black | Montréal-Nord | borough mayor |
Boivin RoyKarine Boivin Roy | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | city councillor, Louis-Riel |
BrunetMarie-Ève Brunet | Verdun | borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs |
CelziRichard Celzi | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | city councillor, Tétraultville |
ChitilianHarout Chitilian | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | city councillor, Bordeaux-Cartierville |
ClementCatherine Clément-Talbot | Pierrefonds-Roxboro | city councillor, Cap-Saint-Jacques |
CloutierJean-François Cloutier | Lachine | city councillor, Lachine |
CohenJacques Cohen | Saint-Laurent | borough councillor, Côte-de-Liesse |
CopemanRussell Copeman | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | borough mayor |
DeSousaAlan DeSousa | Saint-Laurent | borough mayor |
DecarieSuzanne Décarie | Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | city councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles |
DerosMary Deros | Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | city councillor, Parc-Extension |
DesrochersPierre Desrochers | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | city councillor, Saint-Sulpice |
DezielGilles Déziel | Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | borough councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles |
Di Genova ZammitMichelle Di Genova Zammit | Anjou | borough councillor, Centre |
DuchesneÉrika Duchesne | Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | city councillor, Vieux-Rosemont |
DugasÉric Dugas | L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | borough councillor, Sainte-Geneviève |
GadouryMarc-André Gadoury | Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | city councillor, Étienne-Desmarteau |
GagnierPierre Gagnier | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | borough mayor |
GauthierManon Gauthier | Verdun | city councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs |
GibeauJean-Marc Gibeau | Montréal-Nord | city councillor, Ovide-Clermont |
GignacYves Gignac | Pierrefonds-Roxboro | borough councillor, Cap-Saint-Jacques |
GuayRichard Guay | Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | city councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies |
GuedesManuel Guedes | Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | borough councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies |
LattanzioPatricia Lattanzio | Saint-Léonard | city councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est |
LefebvreElsie Lefebvre | Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | city councillor, Villeray |
L'HeureuxPierre L'Heureux | Verdun | borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs |
Lo BiancoSylvia Lo Bianco | Montréal-Nord | borough councillor, Ovide-Clermont |
MénardRéal Ménard | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | borough mayor |
MieleFrancesco Miele | Saint-Laurent | city councillor, Côte-de-Liesse |
PagéLorraine Pagé | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | city councillor, Sault-au-Récollet |
ParenteauJean-François Parenteau | Verdun | borough mayor |
PerezLionel Perez | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | city councillor, Darlington |
PerriDominic Perri | Saint-Léonard | city councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest |
Pierre-AntoineNathalie Pierre-Antoine | Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles | borough councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies |
PotvinMarie Potvin | Outremont | borough councillor, Robert-Bourassa |
RapanaGiovanni Rapanà | Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles | city councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies |
RicourtMonica Ricourt | Montréal-Nord | borough councillor, Marie-Clarac |
RossiChantal Rossi | Montréal-Nord | city councillor, Marie-Clarac |
RouleauChantal Rouleau | Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | borough mayor |
SalemAref Salem | Saint-Laurent | city councillor, Norman-McLaren |
SamsonAnie Samson | Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | borough mayor |
SimonyikKimberley Simonyik | Lachine | borough councillor, Fort-Rolland |
TremblayLili-Anne Tremblay | Saint-Léonard | borough councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est |
ValleeMonique Vallée | LaSalle | city councillor, Cecil-P.-Newman |
Former
The following incumbent councillors affiliated with Équipe Denis Coderre in 2013 during the preceding council, but did not run or were defeated in the 2013 election.
| Councillor | Borough | Position |
|---|---|---|
FrechettePierre Fréchette | Le Sud-Ouest | borough councillor, Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles |
FotopulosHelen Fotopulos | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | city councillor, Côte-des-Neiges |
NunesAna Nunes | Outremont | borough councillor, Jeanne-Sauvé |
2017 elections
Denis Coderre also contested the Montreal municipal elections in 2017 under the name Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal. On losing the 2017 municipal election, Denis Coderre left municipal politics. To disassociate themselves from their resigning leader, the party known as Équipe Denis Coderre first declared an intention to change its name to "Mouvement Montréal", but failed to register the name before making the announcement, allowing a third party to quickly reserve the name for themselves.[7][8]
Thus, the party had to come up with another new name and changed to "Ensemble Montréal."[9]
Councillors
Following the 2017 municipal election, Équipe Denis Coderre held the following seats on Montreal City Council and borough councils.
| Councillor | Borough | Position |
|---|---|---|
BeisDimitrios Jim Beis | Pierrefonds-Roxboro | borough mayor |
BironMichèle Biron | Saint-Laurent | borough councillor, Norman-McLaren |
BissonnetMichel Bissonnet | Saint-Léonard | borough mayor |
CohenJacques Cohen | Saint-Laurent | borough councillor, Côte-de-Liesse |
DeSousaAlan DeSousa | Saint-Laurent | borough mayor |
DerosMary Deros | Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | city councillor, Parc-Extension |
PerezLionel Perez | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | city councillor, Darlington |
SalemAref Salem | Saint-Laurent | city councillor, Norman-McLaren |
Former
The following incumbent councillors elected under the Ensemble Montréal formation are no longer part of it.
| Councillor | Borough | Position |
|---|---|---|
ParizeauHadrien Parizeau | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | city councillor, Saint-Sulpice |
References
^ "Denis Coderre, aspirant maire". Radio-Canada, November 9, 2012.
^ ab "Borough mayor Lionel Perez joins Coderre’s party". The Gazette, July 30, 2013.
^ "Philippe Schnobb se joint à l'équipe de Denis Coderre". Le Devoir, June 19, 2013.
^ "Mairie de Montréal: le président de l'Assemblée joint l'équipe Coderre". Le Journal de Montréal, August 2, 2013.
^ "Denis Coderre unveils eight more candidates for his party". The Gazette, June 17, 2013.
^ "City councillor Harout Chitilian joins Denis Coderre". The Gazette, August 2, 2013.
^ http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/201712/22/01-5148106-equipe-denis-coderre-se-cherche-encore-un-nouveau-nom.php
^ https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/municipal/rapeq/consultation-reserved-names.php
^ L'Opposition officielle se nomme désormais « Ensemble Montréal »
External links
- Official website
- List of Ensemble Montréal's elected officials by borough