Ville-Marie borough council

The Ville-Marie borough council is the local governing body of Ville-Marie, a borough in the City of Montreal, Canada.

The Ville-Marie borough council meeting, 13 September 2016. On the left, then-city councilor and current (since 2017) mayor of Montreal Valérie Plante.

The Ville-Marie council has a different structure from all other Montreal borough councils. Before 2009, the council consisted of an elected borough mayor, two elected city councillors, and two elected borough councillors. Under legislation passed by the government of Quebec in 2008 and implemented after the 2009 municipal election, however, the council now consists of three elected city councillors, the mayor of Montreal (who automatically serves as mayor of Ville-Marie), and two councillors from other boroughs who are selected by the mayor. The current mayor of Ville-Marie is Denis Coderre, who was elected as mayor of Montreal in the 2013 Montreal municipal election.

At the first council meeting following the 2009 election, several members of the public expressed opposition to having a borough mayor and two councillors who were not locally elected.[1]

Current members
District Position Name   Party
 — Borough mayor
(as mayor of Montreal)		 Valérie Plante   Projet Montréal
Peter-McGill City councillor Cathy Wong  
Saint-Jacques City councillor Robert Beaudry   Projet Montréal
Sainte-Marie City councillor Sophie Mauzerolle   Projet Montréal
 — Borough councillors
(appointed by the mayor
from Montreal City Council)		 Richard Ryan
(City councillor for Mile-End)		   Projet Montréal
Anne-Marie Sigouin
(City councillor for Saint-Paul–Émard–Saint-Henri-Ouest)		   Projet Montréal

References
  1. Linda Gyulai, "Two new councillors in Ville Marie get pay boost," Montreal Gazette, 27 November 2009. p. 6.
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