The mayor of Montreal is head of the executive branch of the Montreal City Council. The current mayor is Valérie Plante,who was elected into office on November 5,2017,and sworn in on November 16. The office of the mayor administers all city services,public property,police and fire protection,most public agencies,and enforces all city and provincial laws within Montreal,Quebec. The mayor is directly elected by citizens,by a plurality of votes,for a four-year term. The mayor's office is located in Montreal City Hall.
Frank Zampino is a former Montreal politician and is a chartered accountant. He served as the Chairman of the executive committee of the Ville de Montréal and was the city's second-ranking official.
Michael Mark Applebaum is a Canadian former politician who served as interim Mayor of Montreal between his appointment by the city council on November 16,2012,and his resignation on June 18,2013. He was the first anglophone to hold the post in over a century.
Lionel Jonathan Perez is a Canadian lawyer,entrepreneur and a former member of Montreal City Council for the Darlington district in Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace. On November 21,2012,he was elected borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace by acclamation,replacing Michael Applebaum after the latter was selected as the new Mayor of Montreal. He is of Sephardi Jewish descent.
Union Montreal is an inactive municipal political party in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. It was the governing party in the city from 2001,when it won its first election under mayor Gérald Tremblay,until 2012. The party remained the largest single party caucus in the city government until the 2013 election although it lost its majority in November 2012 due to a number of councillors quitting the party to sit as independents in the wake of Tremblay's resignation. Since 2013,it has no longer been politically active.
The Montreal Executive Committee is the executive branch of the municipal government of Montreal,Quebec,Canada. The committee reports directly to city hall and is responsible for generating documents such as budgets and by-laws,which are then sent to the Montreal City Council for approval. As of 2017,the committee consists of the mayor of Montreal,twelve members,and five associate members.
Mary Deros is a municipal politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She has represented Parc-Extension on Montreal city council since 1998.
Harout Chitilian is a former city councillor from Montreal,Quebec,Canada,former chairman of the council,he held the position of vice president of the executive committee of Montreal city until his electoral defeat in November 2017. Originally elected as a member of Union Montreal,Chitilian sat as an independent councillor from December 2012 to August 2013,when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.
François William Croteau is a former member of the Montreal City Council and the mayor of the Borough of Rosemont–La Petite–Patrie,an office to which he was first elected in 2009.
Claude Trudel is a Canadian politician. He served as the borough mayor of Verdun in the city of Montreal,Quebec from 2002 to 2012. He was a member of the Union Montreal party.
Jane Cowell-Poitras is a Canadian politician. She was an elected member of Montreal City Council from 2001 until 2013 and had served as councillor of Lachine from 1988 until its amalgamation with Montreal in 2001. Her portfolio included social and community development,family policy,status of women,housing,urban Indigenous people and senior citizens. She worked closely on both the City of Montreal's Family Policy and Senior Citizens' Policy (MADA).
Richard Deschamps is a Canadian politician from Montreal,Quebec. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the Montreal Executive Committee,responsible for infrastructure and economic development,and sits on Montreal City Council representing the Sault-Saint-Louis district of the borough of LaSalle. He was a member of the Union Montreal party.
Laurent Blanchard is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He represented the east-end Hochelaga ward on Montreal city council from 2005 to 2013,initially as a member of Vision Montreal and later as an independent. On June 25,2013,he was elected by council as interim Mayor of Montreal,a position he served in until the election of Denis Coderre on November 3,2013.
Jocelyn Ann Campbell is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She represented the north-end division of Saint-Sulpice on Montreal city council from 2005 to 2013 and was a member of the Montreal executive committee from 2011 to 2012. Formerly a member of Union Montreal,Campbell became an independent councillor in late 2012. She did not run for re-election in the 2013 municipal election,and was succeeded by Pierre Desrochers.
Émilie Thuillier is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She has served on the Montreal city council since 2009,representing Ahuntsic as a member of Projet Montréal,and has been a member of the Montreal executive committee since November 2012.
Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal,Quebec,Canada on November 3,2013 as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 65 positions on the Montreal City Council,including the mayor,borough mayors,and city councillors,as well as 38 borough councillors. Denis Coderre replaced interim mayor Laurent Blanchard,who was elected to replace the previous interim mayor,Michael Applebaum,who resigned due to 14 charges laid against him including fraud,conspiracy,breach of trust,and corruption in municipal affairs. Previous elected mayor Gérald Tremblay left office on November 5,2012 after his party Union Montréal was suspected of corruption and mafia involvement. On July 2,2013,Louise Harel,leader of the opposition Vision Montréal,announced she would not be running for mayor,instead supporting Marcel Côté.
Josée Duplessis is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She has served on the Montreal city council since 2009,representing De Lorimier as a member of Projet Montréal,and has been a member of the Montreal executive committee since November 2012. In June 2013,she was appointed as chair of the executive committee.
Ensemble Montréal is a municipal political party in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. Its elected officials are present in many districts in Montreal and represent the boroughs of Montréal-Nord,Saint-Léonard,Saint-Laurent and Pierrefonds-Roxboro. Since November 16,2021,Aref Salem is the interim leader and the 23 elected officials who sit on the Montreal City Council form the Official Opposition.
Alain Tassé is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 2005 to 2013,initially as a member of the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU)/Union Montreal (UM) party and later as an independent. From 2012 to 2013,he was a member of the Montreal executive committee. At an earlier time in his life,he held a leading position in the New Democratic Party in Quebec and was a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada.
Éric Alan Caldwell is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He has served on the Montreal city council since 2013,representing the Hochelaga division as a member of Projet Montréal. In November 2017,he was appointed to the Montreal executive committee by new mayor Valérie Plante.
