Projet Montréal

Projet Montréal -
Équipe Luc Rabouin
Projet Montréal -; Équipe Luc Rabouin
Active municipal party
Leader	Luc Rabouin
President	Marie-Ève Veilleux
Founded	May 28, 2004
Headquarters	1055 Boulevard René-Lévesque Est, ; Montreal, Quebec; H2L 4S5
Student wing	Projet Montréal UdeM; Projet Montréal McGill;
Youth wing	Comité des Jeunes de Projet Montréal
Ideology	New Urbanism; Environmentalism; Direct democracy; Social democracy; Localism; Internal factions:; Quebec nationalism;
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Green and blue
Seats on council	36 / 65
Website
	en.projetmontreal.org
	Politics of Montreal; Political parties;

Projet Montréal (officially Projet Montréal - Équipe Luc Rabouin)^[2] is a progressive, environmentalist municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2004, it is led by Luc Rabouin and holds a majority of seats on Montreal City Council.

History

Projet Montréal was founded by environmental activists in 2004.^[3] 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.^[4]

In the September 2006 by-election held in the district of Marie-Victorin, Projet Montréal candidate and former city councillor Kettly Beauregard won 31.7% of the vote, for a second-place finish.^[5]

In December 2007, candidate Jean-Claude Marsan [fr] took second place with 37.43% in a by-election to replace disgraced Outremont borough mayor Stephane Harbour.^[6] 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. Candidate Denise Rochefort also placed second, with 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 thirteen seats on city and borough councils, including two borough mayors, and sweeping the Plateau-Mont-Royal.^[7]

In April 2012, Érika Duchesne won a by-election in the Vieux-Rosemont district of Rosemont-La Petite Patrie, giving Project Montréal its 11th seat on city council.^[8]

In the 2013 Montreal municipal election, Projet Montréal doubled its number of seats within city council, going from 10 to 20 and becoming the official opposition against Denis Coderre's team. After the election, Richard Bergeron stated that he would resign his party leadership within the next 12 or 24 months. He admitted that he was disappointed with the election results but that he would remain to make Projet Montréal into a true opposition to Coderre's administration.^[9]

In the 2017 Montreal municipal election, Projet Montréal had won a majority of seats in the city council as well as having its mayoral candidate Valérie Plante become the mayor of Montreal.^[10]^[11]

Platform

Projet Montréal advocates sustainable urbanism,^[3] 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 light rail in order to do the following:

reduce car traffic;
give more room to pedestrians and cyclists;^[12]
increase the residents' quality of life and
reverse urban sprawl.^[13]

Projet Montréal's 2009 platform elaborates commitments for seven major aspects of urban living:^[14]

Renewal and expansion of participatory democracy
Affordable housing and reinforcing socio-urban tissue
Sustainable transport (public transit and active transit)
Environmental sustainability
Economic development
Culture
Accountability and public services

Electoral results

Election	Mayoral candidate	Mayoral popular vote	Change (pp)	Councillors elected
2005	Richard Bergeron	8.53%		1 / 64
2009	Richard Bergeron	25.45%	16.92	10 / 64
2013	Richard Bergeron	25.52%	0.07	20 / 64
2017	Valérie Plante	51.42%	25.9	33 / 64
2021	Valérie Plante	52.14%	0.72	36 / 64

Victories are indicated with bold fonts.

Councillors

Projet Montréal currently holds the following seats on Montreal City Council and borough councils.

City councillors

Borough	Position	Party	Name	Location
Ville-Marie	Mayor of Montreal	PM	PlanteValérie Plante	C
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Borough mayor	PM	ThuillierÉmilie Thuillier	NW
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Councillor, Ahuntsic	PM	GouletNathalie Goulet	NW
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Councillor, Saint-Sulpice	PM	RoyJulie Roy	NW
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Councillor, Sault-au-Récollet	PM	NormandJérôme Normand	NW
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Borough mayor	PM	Kasoki KatahwaGracia Kasoki Katahwa [fr]	C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges	PM	PopeanuMagda Popeanu	C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Loyola	PM	SouriasDespina Sourias	C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	PM	McQueenPeter McQueen	C
Lachine	Borough mayor	PM	VodanovicMaja Vodanovic	S
Lachine	Councillor	PM	GrondinVicki Grondin	S
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Borough mayor	PM	LessardPierre Lessard-Blais	E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Councillor, Hochelaga	PM	CaldwellÉric Alan Caldwell	E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe	PM	Hassan-CournolAlia Hassan-Cournol	E
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough mayor	PM	RabouinLuc Rabouin	C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Councillor, De Lorimier	PM	GiguèreMarianne Giguère	C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Councillor, Jeanne-Mance	PM	NorrisAlex Norris	C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Councillor, Mile-End	PM	PlourdeMarie Plourde	C
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Borough mayor	PM	BourgeoisCaroline Bourgeois	NE
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies	PM	ChristensenLisa Christensen	NE
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles	PM	JourneauVirginie Journeau	NE
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Borough mayor	PM	LimogesFrançois Limoges	E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Etienne-DesmarteauCouncillor, Étienne-Desmarteau	PM	AlneusEricka Alneus	E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Marie-Victorin	PM	PauzeJocelyn Pauzé	E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Saint-Édouard	PM	BlancoJosefina Blanco	E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Councillor, Vieux-Rosemont	PM	OllivierDominique Ollivier	E
Le Sud-Ouest	Borough mayor	PM	DoraisBenoit Dorais	S
Le Sud-Ouest	Councillor, Saint-Paul–Émard–Saint-Henri-Ouest	PM	VaillancourtAlain Vaillancourt	S
Verdun	Borough mayor	PM	MaugerMarie-Andrée Mauger	S
Verdun	Councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs	PM	TremblayVéronique Tremblay	S
Verdun	Councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford	PM	DowneySterling Downey	S
Ville-Marie	Councillor, Saint-Jacques	PM	BeaudryRobert Beaudry	C
Ville-Marie	Councillor, Sainte-Marie	PM	MauzerolleSophie Mauzerolle	C
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Borough mayor	PM	Lavigne LalondeLaurence Lavigne Lalonde	E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Councillor, François-Perrault	PM	OuelletSylvain Ouellet	E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Councillor, Villeray	PM	Musau MueleMartine Musau Muele	E

Borough councillors

The city councillors listed above all sit on the councils of their respective boroughs. In addition to these, the party holds the following seats on borough councils.

Borough	Position	Party	Name
Lachine	Borough councillor, Du Canal	PM	RouleauMicheline Rouleau
Lachine	Borough councillor, Fort-Rolland	PM	FlanneryMichèle Flannery
Lachine	Borough councillor, J.-Émery-Provost	PM	BoukalaYounes Boukala
Outremont	Borough councillor, Claude-Ryan	PM	PollakMindy Pollak
Outremont	Borough councillor, Joseph-Beaubien	PM	PatreauValérie Patreau
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough councillor, De Lorimier	PM	ParentLaurence Parent
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough councillor, Jeanne-Mance	PM	VilainMaeva Vilain
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough councillor, Mile-End	PM	SterlinMarie Sterlin
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Borough councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies	PM	ColinDaphney Colin
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Borough councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles	PM	BarilMarie-Claude Baril
Le Sud-Ouest	Borough councillor, Saint-Henri-Est–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles-Griffintown	PM	LiTan Shan Li
Le Sud-Ouest	Borough councillor, Saint-Paul–Émard–Saint-Henri-Ouest	PM	SigouinAnne-Marie Sigouin
Verdun	Borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs (1)	PM	BeauregardCéline-Audrey Beauregard
Verdun	Borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs (2)	PM	MachadoEnrique Machado
Verdun	Borough councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford (1)	PM	GrattonBenoit Gratton
Verdun	Borough councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford (2)	PM	Amaya-MunroKaïla Amaya-Munro

References

^ "Conseil de direction" [Board of directors]. Projet Montréal (in French). Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ "Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante". Élections Québec. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Madigan, Tracey (November 8, 2004). "'Projet Montreal' brings message of sustainability". CBC News. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ Leduc, Jacqueline (December 15, 2005). "Rapport officiel du recensement des votes (avec sommaire par section de vote)" [Official election results (with polling station result summaries)] (PDF). Ville de Montréal (in French). p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ "Élection partielle 2006: District de Marie-Victorin" [2006 by-election: Marie-Victorin] (PDF). Ville de Montréal (in French). September 24, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ "Cinq-Mars wins Outremont mayoral race". CBC News. December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ "Projet Montréal leader celebrates election results". CBC News. November 3, 2009 [November 2, 2009]. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ Sutherland, Anne (April 30, 2012). "Projet Montréal picks up council seat in Vieux Rosemont by-election". The Gazette. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ Corriveau, Jeanne (November 7, 2013). "Richard Bergeron cédera sa place à la tête de Projet Montréal" [Richard Bergeron stepping down as head of Projet Montréal]. Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ Shingler, Benjamin (November 6, 2017) [November 5, 2017]. "Valérie Plante elected mayor of Montreal, beating out Denis Coderre". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ Hinkson, Kamila (November 6, 2017). "After historic win, Valérie Plante says she's ready to work". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ https://montreal.ca/en/articles/bike-lanes-current-and-upcoming-project-2025-67155
^ Lejtenyi, Patrick (February 8–14, 2007). "A tramline named Desire". Montreal Mirror. Vol. 22, no. 33. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ "Programme pour la relance durable de Montréal" [Program for Montreal's sustainable development] (PDF). Projet Montréal (in French). June 4, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

External links

Projet Montréal Official website

[projet-bod-1] "Conseil de direction" [Board of directors]. Projet Montréal (in French). Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elections_quebec-2] "Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante". Élections Québec. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[PMorigins-3] Madigan, Tracey (November 8, 2004). "'Projet Montreal' brings message of sustainability". CBC News. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[4] Leduc, Jacqueline (December 15, 2005). "Rapport officiel du recensement des votes (avec sommaire par section de vote)" [Official election results (with polling station result summaries)] (PDF). Ville de Montréal (in French). p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[5] "Élection partielle 2006: District de Marie-Victorin" [2006 by-election: Marie-Victorin] (PDF). Ville de Montréal (in French). September 24, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[6] "Cinq-Mars wins Outremont mayoral race". CBC News. December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[7] "Projet Montréal leader celebrates election results". CBC News. November 3, 2009 [November 2, 2009]. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[8] Sutherland, Anne (April 30, 2012). "Projet Montréal picks up council seat in Vieux Rosemont by-election". The Gazette. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[9] Corriveau, Jeanne (November 7, 2013). "Richard Bergeron cédera sa place à la tête de Projet Montréal" [Richard Bergeron stepping down as head of Projet Montréal]. Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[CBC_Election_2017-10] Shingler, Benjamin (November 6, 2017) [November 5, 2017]. "Valérie Plante elected mayor of Montreal, beating out Denis Coderre". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[11] Hinkson, Kamila (November 6, 2017). "After historic win, Valérie Plante says she's ready to work". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[12] ttps://montreal.ca/en/articles/bike-lanes-current-and-upcoming-project-2025-67155

[13] Lejtenyi, Patrick (February 8–14, 2007). "A tramline named Desire". Montreal Mirror. Vol. 22, no. 33. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[14] "Programme pour la relance durable de Montréal" [Program for Montreal's sustainable development] (PDF). Projet Montréal (in French). June 4, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

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