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Montreal City Council

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; however, these are not chapters of any federal or provincial political parties, but are standalone entities at the municipal level.

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 five-member borough council, consisting of the borough mayor, any city councillors, and in certain boroughs additional borough councillors, as follows:

Party standings

The most recent election was the 2021 Montreal municipal election,[2] in which Valérie Plante's Projet Montréal won 37 out of 65 available seats.

Changes since 5 November 2017 election

Changes since 7 November 2021 election

Current members

See the members of the Montreal Executive Committee

Notes

References

  1. ^ "City Council". City Hall. Ville de Montréal. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Candidates for city councillor positions". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  6. ^ "La mairesse de Villeray exclue de Projet Montréal pour « comportement inapproprié »". Radio-Canada. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Municipal by-elections on December 16". Élection Montréal. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ^ Nabbad, Youti (12 October 2018). "RDP-PAT : Giovanni Rapanà quitte Ensemble Montréal". Métro Montréal. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Marie-Josée Parent rejoint l'administration Plante". Radio-Canada. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Official results of the by-election held on December 16, 2018". Élection Montréal. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  11. ^ Normandin, Pierre-André (12 January 2019). "Coalition Montréal compte fermer boutique". La Presse. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Cathy Wong, 1st woman named Speaker of Montreal's city council, will sit as independent". Global News. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  13. ^ Gosselin, Janie (14 May 2019). "Luc Ferrandez annonce son départ de la vie politique". Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  14. ^ Champagne, Sara (2 October 2019). "Cathy Wong rejoint Projet Montréal". La Presse. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  15. ^ Ruel-Manseau, Audrey (7 October 2019). "Luc Rabouin succède à Luc Ferrandez". La Presse. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  16. ^ Bruemmer, Rene (24 January 2020). "C.D.N.—N.D.G. Mayor Sue Montgomery turfed from Projet Montréal caucus". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  17. ^ "N.D.G.-C.D.N. borough mayor Sue Montgomery launches political party: Courage". Montreal Gazette. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Loyola councillor Christian Arseneault resigns, citing health issues". Montreal Gazette. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Craig Sauvé withdraws from Projet Montréal caucus amid abuse allegation". montrealgazette. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  20. ^ "City councillor Serge Sasseville leaves Ensemble Montréal to sit as independent". montrealgazette. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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