Laval City Council
The Laval City Council is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is composed of the mayor and 21 councillors. They are elected to four year terms with the next election scheduled for November 2025. Statutory meetings are held on the first Monday of each month.
Laval City Council Conseil municipal de Laval (French) | |
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| Leadership | |
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| Seats | 21 councillors and mayor |
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Political groups | 3 |
Mouvement lavallois | 15 / 22
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Parti Laval | 2 / 22
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| Elections | |
| first past the post | |
Last election | November 7, 2021 |
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| Laval City Hall | |
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As of the municipal election, Mouvement Lavallois has a majority on the city council and the mayor's office. Two other parties are represented on council Action Laval at 5 seats and Parti Laval at 2 seats.
Sectors
Currently the city is divided into six sectors (secteurs in French) which only approximately cover the territories of the former municipalities. They are:
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The former city of Fabreville was divided among two sectors.
Members
2021–present
| Councillor | Party | Ward | Notes | |
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| Stéphane Boyer | Mouvement lavallois | Mayor | ||
| Isabelle Piché | Action Laval | District 1 (Saint-François) | ||
| Paolo Galati | Action Laval | District 2 (Saint Vincent de Paul) | ||
| Achille Cifelli | Action Laval | District 3 (Val des Arbres) | ||
| Christine Poirier | Mouvement lavallois | District 4 (Duvernay-Pont Viau) | ||
| Cecilia Macedo | Mouvement lavallois | District 5 (Marigot) | ||
| Sandra Desmeules | Mouvement lavallois | District 6 (Concorde-Bois-de-Boulogne) | ||
| Seta Topouzian | Mouvement lavallois | District 7 (Renaud) | ||
| Pierre Brabant | Mouvement lavallois | District 8 (Vimont) | ||
| David De Cotis | Action Laval | District 9 (Saint Bruno) | ||
| Jocelyne Frédéric-Gauthier | Mouvement lavallois | District 10 (Auteuil) | ||
| Alexandre Warnet | Mouvement lavallois | District 11 (Laval des Rapides) | ||
| Sandra El Helou | Mouvement lavallois | District 12 (Souvenir Labelle) | ||
| Vasilios Karidogiannis | Mouvement lavallois | District 13 (Abord à Plouffe) | ||
| Aglaia Revelakis | Action Laval | District 14 (Chomedey) | ||
| Aline Dib | Mouvement lavallois | District 15 (Saint Martin) | ||
| Ray Khalil | Mouvement lavallois | District 16 (Sainte Dorothée) | ||
| Nicholas Borne | Mouvement lavallois | District 17 (Laval les Îles) | ||
| Yannick Langlois | Mouvement lavallois | District 18 (Orée des bois) | ||
| Louise Lortie | Parti Laval | District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin) | ||
| Claude Larochelle | Parti Laval | District 20 (Fabreville) | ||
| Flavia Alexandra Novac | Mouvement lavallois | District 21 (Sainte-Rose) |
2017–2021
Following the November 5, 2017 municipal election, the following city councillors and mayor were elected:
| Councillor | Party | Ward | Notes | |
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| Marc Demers | Mouvement lavallois | Mayor | ||
| Eric Morasse | Mouvement lavallois | District 1 (Saint François) | ||
| Paolo Galati | Action Laval | District 2 (Saint Vincent de Paul) | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | |
| Christiane Yoakim | Mouvement lavallois | District 3 (Val des Arbres) | ||
| Stéphane Boyer | Mouvement lavallois | District 4 (Duvernay-Pont Viau) | ||
| Daniel Hébert | Action Laval | District 5 (Marigot) | Elected for Mouvement lavallos | |
| Sandra Desmeules | Mouvement lavallois | District 6 (Concorde-Bois-de-Boulogne) | ||
| Aram Elagoz | Mouvement lavallois | District 7 (Renaud) | ||
| Michel Poissant | Action Laval | District 8 (Vimont) | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | |
| David De Cotis | Action Laval | District 9 (Saint Bruno) | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | |
| Jocelyne Frédéric-Gauthier | Mouvement lavallois | District 10 (Auteuil) | ||
| Isabella Tassoni | Action Laval | District 11 (Laval des Rapides) | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | |
| Sandra El Helou | Mouvement lavallois | District 12 (Souvenir Labelle) | ||
| Vasilios Karidogiannis | Mouvement lavallois | District 13 (Abord à Plouffe) | ||
| Aglaia Revelakis | Action Laval | District 14 (Chomedey) | ||
| Aline Dib | Mouvement lavallois | District 15 (Saint Martin) | ||
| Ray Khalil | Mouvement lavallois | District 16 (Sainte Dorothée) | ||
| Nicholas Borne | Mouvement lavallois | District 17 (Laval les Îles) | ||
| Yannick Langlois | Mouvement lavallois | District 18 (Orée des bois) | ||
| Gilbert Dumas | Mouvement lavallois | District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin) | Died on August 20, 2019[1] | |
| Michel Trottier | Parti Laval | District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin) | Elected in a by-election November 24, 2019[2] | |
| Claude Larochelle | Parti Laval | District 20 (Fabreville) | ||
| Virginie Dufour | Mouvement lavallois | District 21 (Sainte Rose) |
2013–2017
Following the November 3rd 2013 elections, the following city councillors were elected:
| Councillor | Party | Ward | Notes | |
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| Marc Demers | Mouvement lavallois | Mayor | ||
| Jacques St-Jean | Independent | District 1 (Saint François) | ||
| Paolo Galati | Mouvement lavallois | District 2 (Saint Vincent de Paul) | ||
| Christiane Yoakim | Mouvement lavallois | District 3 (Val des Arbres) | ||
| Stéphane Boyer | Mouvement lavallois | District 4 (Duvernay-Pont Viau) | ||
| Daniel Hébert | Mouvement lavallois | District 5 (Marigot) | ||
| Sandra Desmeules | Mouvement lavallois | District 6 (Concorde-Bois-de-Boulogne) | ||
| Raynald Adams | Mouvement lavallois | District 7 (Renaud) | ||
| Michel Poissant | Mouvement lavallois | District 8 (Vimont) | ||
| David De Cotis | Mouvement lavallois | District 9 (Saint Bruno) | ||
| Jocelyne Frédéric-Gauthier | Mouvement lavallois | District 10 (Auteuil) | ||
| Pierre Anthian | Independent | District 11 (Laval des Rapides) | ||
| Jean Coupal | Independent | District 12 (Souvenir Labelle) | ||
| Vasilios Karidogiannis | Mouvement lavallois | District 13 (Abord à Plouffe) | ||
| Aglaia Revelakis | Action Laval | District 14 (Chomedey) | ||
| Aline Dib | Mouvement lavallois | District 15 (Saint Martin) | ||
| Ray Khalil | Mouvement lavallois | District 16 (Sainte Dorothée) | ||
| Nicholas Borne | Mouvement lavallois | District 17 (Laval les Îles) | ||
| Alain Lecompte | Independent | District 18 (Orée des bois) | ||
| Gilbert Dumas | Mouvement lavallois | District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin) | ||
| Michel Trottier | Independent | District 20 (Fabreville) | ||
| Virginie Dufour | Mouvement lavallois | District 21 (Sainte Rose) |
Prior to the 2013 elections, all 21 councillors has been associated with the Parti PRO des Lavallois, the municipal political party of mayor Gilles Vaillancourt.[3] Following Vaillancourt's resignation as mayor on November 9, 2012,[4] the councillors voted to dissolve the party on November 19, 2012 and sat as independents.[3]
Following Vaillancourt's resignation, councillor Basile Angelopoulos served as the city's acting mayor[5] until council selected Alexandre Duplessis, the former councillor for District 15 (Saint-Martin), as the new mayor on November 23.[6] Angelopoulos again undertook the responsibilities of pro-mayor upon Duplessis' resignation on June 28, 2013 until Martine Beaugrand, the former councillor for District 20 (Fabreville) was acclaimed as the city's new mayor on July 3, 2013.
References
- "Dumas, Gilbert".
- https://electionpartiellelaval.ca/resultats/
- "RIP: PRO des Lavallois". The Gazette, November 19, 2012.
- "Laval mayor resigns amid corruption allegations". Montreal: CBC News. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- "Laval searches for interim mayor". CBC News, November 13, 2012.
- "Alexandre Duplessis elected new interim mayor of Laval". The Gazette, November 23, 2012.
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