Projet Montréal

Projet Montréal
Active municipal party
Leader	Richard Bergeron
President	Michel Camus
Founded	May 28, 2004
Headquarters	4000 Notre-Dame O. Montreal, Quebec H4C 1R1
Ideology	Sustainable urbanism, Environmentalism, Social democracy, Participatory democracy
Colours	Green and Blue
Seats on council	10 / 65
Website
projetmontreal.org (French)
Politics of Montreal Political parties

Projet Montréal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Origins

Projet Montréal is possibly the first party since the Montreal Citizens' Movement (RCM) that was not specifically established to promote a mayoral candidacy. It was created by environmental activists in May 2004.

Electoral performance

Richard Bergeron was the party's first mayoral candidate. He was elected to the City Council in 2005 and gathered 8.53% of the vote for Mayor.

In the September 2006 by-election held in the district of Marie-Victorin, Projet Montreal candidate and former city councillor Kettly Beauregard won 31.7% of the vote for a strong second-place finish.

In December 2007, PM candidate Jean-Claude Marsan took second place with 37.43% in a by-election to replace disgraced Outremont borough mayor Stephane Harbour. At the same time, there was a by-election in Outremont's Robert-Bourassa district to replace Marie Cinq-Mars, who chose to run for borough mayor. In the Robert-Bourassa by-election, PM candidate Denise Rochefort also placed second, obtaining 35.13% of the vote.

In the 2009 Montreal municipal election, Bergeron led the party through steadily increasing polls to a strong third-place showing, winning fourteen seats on city and borough councils, including two borough mayors, and sweeping Le Plateau-Mont-Royal.

In April 2012 Érika Duchesne won a by-election in the Vieux-Rosemont district of Rosemont-La Petite Patrie, giving Project Montreal its 11th seat on city council.

Platform

Projet Montréal advocates sustainable urbanism, which is the application of the principles of sustainable development to an urban setting, such as Downtown Montreal. One of the party's proposals consists of building a light rail train in order to:

• reduce car traffic;
• give more room to pedestrians and cyclists;
• increase the residents' quality of life and
• reverse urban sprawl.

Projet Montréal's 2009 platform elaborates commitments for 7 major aspects of urban living:

1. renewal and expansion of participatory democracy
2. affordable housing and reinforcing socio-urban tissue
3. sustainable transport (public transit and active transit)
4. environmental sustainability
5. economic development
6. culture
7. accountability and public services

Mayoral candidates

	Election	Mayoral Candidate	Popular Vote for Mayor	Number of Councillors
	2005	Richard Bergeron	8.53%	1/64
	2009	Richard Bergeron	25.45%	10/64

Victories are indicated with bold fonts.

Councillors

Projet Montréal currently holds the following seats on Montreal City Council and borough councils. On November 12, the party released the composition of its shadow cabinet for the city administration, including both city and borough councillors.

Borough	Position	Party	Name	Shadow cabinet portfolios
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	City councillor, Ahuntsic	PM	ThuillierÉmilie Thuillier	Cultural communities Citizen services Status of women Fight against poverty Social and community development Public consultation
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	City councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	PM	McQueenPeter McQueen	Finance (taxes, operating budget, three-year capital works budget, and municipal evaluation) Western boroughs (Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Lachine, and Outremont)
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough mayor and city councillor	PM	FerrandezLuc Ferrandez	Snow removal Transport plan Land-use planning Monitoring and revision of urban plan Parking
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	City councillor, DeLorimier	PM	DuplessisJosée Duplessis	Sustainable development and environment Waste management Protected water areas, ecological areas, parks, nature museums, and Mont-Royal and Jean-Drapeau parks
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	City councillor, Jeanne-Mance	P	BergeronRichard Bergeron	Agence de développement urbain de Montréal Major projects (including tramway network and maritime entry)
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough councillor, Jeanne-Mance	P	HugginsPiper Huggins	Assistant shadow councillor to Mr. Gagnier
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	City councillor, Mile-End	PM	NorrisAlex Norris	Good governance (city council ethics, transparency, fight against corruption) Economic development International affairs 375th anniversary celebrations
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough councillor, Mile-End	PM	RyanRichard Ryan	Assistant shadow councillor to Ms. Thuillier
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	City councillor, Etienne-DesmarteauCity councillor, Étienne-Desmarteau	PM	GadouryMarc-André Gadoury	Culture, heritage, design, and public art Eastern boroughs (Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Anjou, Saint-Léonard, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles)
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	City councillor, Saint-Édouard	PM	LimogesFrançois Limoges	Housing Families Transit-oriented development (areas surrounding metro, train, and tramway stations)
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	City councillor, Vieux-Rosemont	PM	LimogesÉrika Duchesne
Le Sud-Ouest	Borough councillor, Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles	PM	ThiebautSophie Thiébaut	Assistant shadow councillor to Mr. Gagnier Southwestern boroughs (Le Sud-Ouest, LaSalle, Verdun)

External links

• Projet Montréal Official website