Laval City Council

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Laval City Council

Conseil municipal de Laval (French)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Unicameral
Leadership
Structure
Seats21 councillors and mayor
15 / 22
5 / 22
2 / 22
Elections
Last election
November 7, 2021
Website
[1]

The Laval City Council is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is composed of the mayor and 21 councillors. They are elected to four year terms with the next election scheduled for November 2025. Statutory meetings are held on the first Monday of each month.

Sectors[]

Currently[when?] the city is divided into six sectors (secteurs in French) which only approximately cover the territories of the former municipalities. They are:

The former city of Fabreville was divided among two sectors.

Members[]

2021–present[]

Councillor Party Ward Notes
Stéphane Boyer Mayor
Isabelle Piché Action Laval District 1 (Saint-François)
Paolo Galati Action Laval District 2 (Saint Vincent de Paul)
Achille Cifelli Action Laval District 3 (Val des Arbres)
Christine Poirier District 4 (Duvernay-Pont Viau)
Cecilia Macedo District 5 (Marigot)
Sandra Desmeules District 6 (Concorde-Bois-de-Boulogne)
Seta Topouzian District 7 (Renaud)
Pierre Brabant District 8 (Vimont)
David De Cotis Action Laval District 9 (Saint Bruno)
Jocelyne Frédéric-Gauthier District 10 (Auteuil)
Alexandre Warnet District 11 (Laval des Rapides)
Sandra El Helou District 12 (Souvenir Labelle)
Vasilios Karidogiannis District 13 (Abord à Plouffe)
Aglaia Revelakis Action Laval District 14 (Chomedey)
Aline Dib District 15 (Saint Martin)
Ray Khalil District 16 (Sainte Dorothée)
Nicholas Borne District 17 (Laval les Îles)
Yannick Langlois District 18 (Orée des bois)
Louise Lortie District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin)
Claude Larochelle District 20 (Fabreville)
Flavia Alexandra Novac District 21 (Sainte Rose)

2017–2021[]

Following the November 5, 2017 municipal election, the following city councillors and mayor were elected:

Councillor Party Ward Notes
Marc Demers Mayor
Eric Morasse District 1 (Saint François)
Paolo Galati Action Laval District 2 (Saint Vincent de Paul) Elected for Mouvement lavallois
Christiane Yoakim District 3 (Val des Arbres)
Stéphane Boyer District 4 (Duvernay-Pont Viau)
Daniel Hébert Action Laval District 5 (Marigot) Elected for Mouvement lavallos
Sandra Desmeules District 6 (Concorde-Bois-de-Boulogne)
Aram Elagoz District 7 (Renaud)
Michel Poissant Action Laval District 8 (Vimont) Elected for Mouvement lavallois
David De Cotis Action Laval District 9 (Saint Bruno) Elected for Mouvement lavallois
Jocelyne Frédéric-Gauthier District 10 (Auteuil)
Isabella Tassoni Action Laval District 11 (Laval des Rapides) Elected for Mouvement lavallois
Sandra El Helou District 12 (Souvenir Labelle)
Vasilios Karidogiannis District 13 (Abord à Plouffe)
Aglaia Revelakis Action Laval District 14 (Chomedey)
Aline Dib District 15 (Saint Martin)
Ray Khalil District 16 (Sainte Dorothée)
Nicholas Borne District 17 (Laval les Îles)
Yannick Langlois District 18 (Orée des bois)
Gilbert Dumas District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin) Died on August 20, 2019[1]
Michel Trottier District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin) Elected in a by-election November 24, 2019[2]
Claude Larochelle District 20 (Fabreville)
Virginie Dufour District 21 (Sainte Rose)

2013–2017[]

Following the November 3rd 2013 elections, the following city councillors were elected:

Councillor Party Ward Notes
Marc Demers Mayor
Jacques St-Jean Independent District 1 (Saint François)
Paolo Galati District 2 (Saint Vincent de Paul)
Christiane Yoakim District 3 (Val des Arbres)
Stéphane Boyer District 4 (Duvernay-Pont Viau)
Daniel Hébert District 5 (Marigot)
Sandra Desmeules District 6 (Concorde-Bois-de-Boulogne)
Raynald Adams District 7 (Renaud)
Michel Poissant District 8 (Vimont)
David De Cotis District 9 (Saint Bruno)
Jocelyne Frédéric-Gauthier District 10 (Auteuil)
Pierre Anthian Independent District 11 (Laval des Rapides)
Jean Coupal Independent District 12 (Souvenir Labelle)
Vasilios Karidogiannis District 13 (Abord à Plouffe)
Aglaia Revelakis Action Laval District 14 (Chomedey)
Aline Dib District 15 (Saint Martin)
Ray Khalil District 16 (Sainte Dorothée)
Nicholas Borne District 17 (Laval les Îles)
Alain Lecompte Independent District 18 (Orée des bois)
Gilbert Dumas District 19 (Marc Aurèle Fortin)
Michel Trottier Independent District 20 (Fabreville)
Virginie Dufour District 21 (Sainte Rose)

Prior to the 2013 elections, all 21 councillors has been associated with the Parti PRO des Lavallois, the municipal political party of mayor Gilles Vaillancourt.[3] Following Vaillancourt's resignation as mayor on November 9, 2012,[4] the councillors voted to dissolve the party on November 19, 2012 and sat as independents.[3]

Following Vaillancourt's resignation, councillor Basile Angelopoulos served as the city's acting mayor[5] until council selected Alexandre Duplessis, the former councillor for District 15 (Saint-Martin), as the new mayor on November 23.[6] Angelopoulos again undertook the responsibilities of pro-mayor upon Duplessis' resignation on June 28, 2013 until Martine Beaugrand, the former councillor for District 20 (Fabreville) was acclaimed as the city's new mayor on July 3, 2013.

References[]

  1. ^ "Dumas, Gilbert".
  2. ^ https://electionpartiellelaval.ca/resultats/
  3. ^ a b "RIP: PRO des Lavallois". The Gazette, November 19, 2012.
  4. ^ "Laval mayor resigns amid corruption allegations". Montreal: CBC News. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Laval searches for interim mayor". CBC News, November 13, 2012.
  6. ^ "Alexandre Duplessis elected new interim mayor of Laval". The Gazette, November 23, 2012.

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