Montreal City Council

The Montreal City Council is the governing body of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the City Council. The mayor is Gérald Tremblay, who is a member of the Union Montreal. The city 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. 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.

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.

The current City Council consists of the Mayor of Montreal 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 has a borough mayor, who is also a city councillor, except for Ville-Marie, whose mayor is the mayor of Montreal.

For the borough's city councillors (besides the borough mayor), each district elects one city councillor, except for L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève and Outremont, which have no city councillors besides the borough mayor, and Anjou and Lachine, which have one city councillor for the entire borough.

The borough mayor and city councillors make up the borough council, along with no, one, or two additional borough councillors for each district.

Current composition

The most recent election was the Montreal municipal election, 2009.

Party standings
	Party	Leader	Seats
	Union Montréal	Gérald Tremblay	38
	Vision Montréal	Louise Harel	16
	Projet Montréal	Richard Bergeron	10
	Independent		1

Borough	Position	Party	Name
Ville-Marie	Mayor of Montreal	U	TremblayGérald Tremblay
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Borough mayor	Ind	GagnierPierre Gagnier
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Councillor, Ahuntsic	PM	ThuillierÉmilie Thuillier
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Councillor, Bordeaux-Cartierville	UM	ChitilianHarout Chitilian
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Councillor, Saint-Sulpice	UM	CampbellJocelyn Ann Campbell
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Councillor, Sault-au-Récollet	VM	BrunetÉtienne Brunet
Anjou	Borough mayor	UM	MirandaLuis Miranda
Anjou	Councillor	UM	HenaultAndrée Hénault
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Borough mayor	UM	ApplebaumMichael Applebaum
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges	UM	FotopulosHelen Fotopulos
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Darlington	UM	PerezLionel Perez
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Loyola	UM	ClarkeSusan Clarke
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	PM	McQueenPeter McQueen
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Snowdon	UM	RotrandMarvin Rotrand
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève	Borough mayor	UM	BelangerRichard Bélanger
Lachine	Borough mayor	UM	DauphinClaude Dauphin
Lachine	Councillor	UM	CowellJane Cowell-Poitras
LaSalle	Borough mayor	UM	BarbeManon Barbe
LaSalle	Councillor, Cecil-P.-Newman	UM	FarinacciAlvaro Farinacci
LaSalle	Councillor, Sault-Saint-Louis	UM	DeschampsRichard Deschamps
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Borough mayor	VM	MenardRéal Ménard
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Councillor, Hochelaga	VM	BlanchardLaurent Blanchard
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Councillor, Louis-Riel	VM	TheriaultLyn Thériault
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe	V	HarelLouise Harel
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Councillor, Tétreaultville	VM	PrimeauGaëtan Primeau
Montréal-Nord	Borough mayor	UM	DeguireGilles Deguire
Montréal-Nord	Councillor, Marie-Clarac	UM	Teti-TomassiClementina Teti-Tomassi
Montréal-Nord	Councillor, Ovide-Clermont	UM	GibeauJean-Marc Gibeau
Outremont	Borough mayor	UM	Cinq-MarsMarie Cinq-Mars
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	Borough mayor	UM	WorthMonique Worth
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	Councillor, Est	UM	DuboisChristian G. Dubois
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	Councillor, Ouest	UM	WardBertrand A. Ward
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough mayor	PM	FerrandezLuc Ferrandez
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Councillor, DeLorimier	PM	DuplessisJosée Duplessis
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Councillor, Jeanne-Mance	P	BergeronRichard Bergeron
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Councillor, Mile-End	PM	NorrisAlex Norris
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Borough mayor	VM	RouleauChantal Rouleau
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies	VM	BourgeoisCaroline Bourgeois
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles	VM	DecarieSuzanne Décarie
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies	UM	CalderoneMaria Calderone
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Borough mayor	PM	CroteauFrançois Croteau
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Etienne-DesmarteauCouncillor, Étienne-Desmarteau	PM	GadouryMarc-André Gadoury
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Marie-Victorin	VM	AyotteÉlaine Ayotte
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Saint-Édouard	PM	LimogesFrançois Limoges
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Vieux-Rosemont	VM	LampronPierre Lampron
Saint-Laurent	Borough mayor	UM	DeSousaAlan DeSousa
Saint-Laurent	Councillor, Côte-de-Liesse	UM	MieleFrancesco Miele
Saint-Laurent	Councillor, Norman-McLaren	UM	SalemAref Salem
Saint-Léonard	Borough mayor	UM	BissonnetMichel Bissonnet
Saint-Léonard	Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est	UM	ZambitoRobert L. Zambito
Saint-Léonard	Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest	UM	PerriDominic Perri
Le Sud-Ouest	Borough mayor	VM	DoraisBenoit Dorais
Le Sud-Ouest	Councillor, Saint-Henri– Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles	VM	FournierVéronique Fournier
Le Sud-Ouest	Councillor, Saint-Paul–Émard	UM	BélangerDaniel Bélanger
Verdun	Borough mayor	UM	TrudelClaude Trudel
Verdun	Councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs	UM	MarotteGinette Marotte
Verdun	Councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford	UM	TasséAlain Tassé
Ville-Marie	Councillor, Peter-McGill	UM	ForcilloSammy Forcillo
Ville-Marie	Councillor, Saint-Jacques	VM	RobillardFrançois Robillard
Ville-Marie	Councillor, Sainte-Marie	PM	MainvillePierre Mainville
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Borough mayor	VM	SamsonAnie Samson
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Councillor, François-Perrault	UM	VenneriFrank Venneri
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Councillor, Parc-Extension	UM	DerosMary Deros
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Councillor, Saint-Michel	UM	BenjaminFrantz Benjamin
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Councillor, Villeray	VM	LefebvreElsie Lefebvre

External links

• Contact information for city councillors. Ville de Montréal.