The Montreal Executive Committee ( French : Comité exécutif de Montréal ) 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.
8-513: After the 2009 municipal election , mayor Gérald Tremblay broke with a longstanding tradition and appointed two members of opposition parties to the committee. Tremblay also broke with precedent in naming himself as chair of the committee. Following Tremblay's resignation in November 2012, interim mayor Michael Applebaum also took a cross-partisan approach, naming a coalition committee with representatives from all three party caucuses as well as
16-572: A municipal election at the same time as numerous other municipalities in Quebec , on November 1, 2009. Voters elected the Mayor of Montreal , Montreal City Council , and the mayors and councils of each of the city's boroughs . The election became plagued with allegations of corruption and mafia involvement in city contracts. Despite being assailed with accusations of corruption, incumbent Mayor Gérald Tremblay led his Union Montréal party to
24-400: A third victory, although with reduced standings in city council. Union's seat totals remained firm especially in the boroughs merged into the city in 2002; it retained complete control of eight boroughs and near-complete control of three more. Vision Montréal , led by former Quebec minister of municipal affairs Louise Harel , ran a campaign targeting the mayor on ethics. However, its campaign
32-530: The bloc of independent councillors. When Laurent Blanchard , the chair of the executive committee under Applebaum, succeeded Applebaum as mayor in June 2012, he made only minor changes to the executive committee, adding one new member to fill the vacant seat. Following an offer made during the 2017 election , Mayor Valérie Plante named one opposition member to the council, Verdun borough mayor Jean-François Parenteau of Équipe Coderre . However, he chose to leave
40-429: The election put its leader Richard Bergeron neck-and-neck (32%) with the two other main candidates (34% for Harel, 30% for Tremblay). He would finally come in third, but the party increased from just one seat at the previous election to ten council seats, two borough mayors, four borough councillors, and complete control of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal . Besides its main issue of public transit and urban planning,
48-663: The party and sit as an independent. There are fifteen members of the executive committee, including the mayor, and four associate councillors. Borough Mayor, Ville-Marie Council under mayor Denis Coderre from November 14, 2013 – November 16, 2017. Finance, major projects, human capital, corporate communications, legal affairs and assessment Administrative reform, information technology, Smart City project Public safety, services Finances, human resources, legal affairs 2009 Montreal municipal election Gérald Tremblay Union Montreal Gérald Tremblay Union Montreal The city of Montreal , Quebec , Canada, held
56-520: The party emphasized ethics, running its campaign on just $ 200,000. Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for: Nomination was open until October 2 at 4:30 p.m. Party names are the official ones registered with Élection Montréal. Johanna Raso - Financial consultant, former lecturer at McGill University, published articles. She
64-408: Was blindsided by a scandal involving its second-in-command and former leader Benoit Labonté , who dropped out of the race. Vision increased its council standing but was unable to defeat the mayor. It won complete control of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and majorities in three other borough councils. Third party Projet Montréal increased sharply in popularity. An Angus Reid poll shortly prior to
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