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Verdun borough council

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The Verdun borough council is the local governing body of Verdun, a borough in the City of Montreal. The council consists of seven members: the borough mayor (who also serves as a Montreal city councillor), two city councillors representing the borough's electoral districts, and four borough councillors representing of the same electoral districts (two per division).

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Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal won a narrow majority on council in the 2013 Montreal municipal election, taking four seats to Projet Montréal's three.

Current members

  • Pierre L'Heureux is a history professor at Dawson College. He first ran for a borough council seat in the 2009 municipal election as a Vision Montreal candidate and was narrowly defeated by Andrée Champoux of Union Montreal. He was first elected in 2013.

    • Former members

  • Paul Beaupré was elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2005 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) and was re-elected in 2009 for the successor Union Montreal party. He served for a time as chair of the borough's environment commission. Beaupré was the only Union Montreal member of the Verdun borough council not to resign from the party in late 2012, following Gérald Tremblay's resignation as mayor of Montreal amid a corruption scandal. Union Montreal subsequently dissolved, and Beaupré ran in the 2013 municipal election as a candidate of Coalition Montréal. He was defeated by Pierre L'Heureux of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal. A candidate named Paul Beaupré sought election for Verdun city council in the 1985 municipal election, prior to Verdun's amalgamation into Montreal; this was presumably the same person.
  • Andrée Champoux was elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2009 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of Union Montreal. She left the party on December 4, 2012, following Gérald Tremblay's resignation as mayor of Montreal amid a corruption scandal. When Verdun borough mayor Claude Trudel also resigned from office in the same period, Champoux put forward her name to become his interim successor. She was defeated by city councillor Ginette Marotte in a four-to-two vote among the remaining borough council members. She sought election for borough mayor in the 2013 municipal election as the candidate of her own Équipe Andrée Champoux pour Verdun party and finished sixth against Jean-François Parenteau of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal.
  • John Gallagher (1929–January 1, 2016) was a Verdun city councillor for many years prior to the city's amalgamation with Montreal. He was elected to the borough council in the 2001 municipal election as a candidate of the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) and retired from council in 2005.
  • André Savard first sought election to the borough council in the 2001 municipal election as a Vision Montreal candidate in Desmarchais-Crawford. He was defeated, but he was later elected for the same division in the 2005 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) and was returned again in the 2009 Montreal municipal election for the renamed Union Montreal. During his second term, Savard served as chair of the borough's public works, traffic, and public safety and security committee. He left Union Montreal in late November 2012 after Gérald Tremblay's resignation as mayor of Montreal amid a corruption scandal. He sought election for borough mayor in the 2013 municipal election as the candidate of the Option Verdun/Montréal party and finished fifth against Jean-François Parenteau of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal.
  • Marc Touchette was elected as a borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs in the 2005 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU). He served for one term, was a member of the borough's public safety committee, and did not seek re-election in 2009. He ran for Montreal city council for the same division in the 2013 municipal election as a candidate of Option Verdun/Montréal and was defeated. Touchette was also elected to the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007. As of 2013, he served on the commission's governance and ethics committee. His term in office ended with the 2014 election.

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    Verdun borough council Wikipedia
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