Louise O'Sullivan (politician)

Louise O'Sullivan is a former Montreal city councillor and member of the city's executive committee. She is the founder and leader of Parti Montréal Ville-Marie. She was a candidate for Mayor of Montreal in the city's 2009 Municipal Elections.

City councillor (2002-2005)

She was originally elected in 2001, to represent the Peter-McGill district as a councillor under Gérald Tremblay's Union Montreal party. Tremblay named her to the city's executive committee, where she was responsible for the social development/revenue security and the Business Centre portfolios.[1] Due to a disagreement with the Tremblay administration, she resigned from the executive committee and Union Montréal and spent the rest of her time in council sitting as an independent. For the 2005 municipal elections, she created Équipe Ville-Marie. For the 2009 municipals, this became Parti Montréal Ville-Marie.[1]

2006 federal election

During the 2006 Canadian federal election, O'Sullivan ran for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie. She was defeated by incumbent, Lucienne Robillard, of the Liberal Party of Canada.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalLucienne Robillard18,88445.68%-10.16%$70,313
ConservativeLouise O'Sullivan7,29517.57%+7.50%$27,009
New DemocraticEric Wilson Steedman6,35615.37%+3.38%$13,082
Bloc QuébécoisSophie Frechette5,19112.56%-2.25%$9,770
GreenJulie Sabourin3,4518.35%+2.30%$122
Marxist–LeninistSerge Lachapelle940.23%*$0
CommunistBill Sloan690.17%-0.09%$380

2009 mayoral campaign

Louise O'Sullivan (centre) during the 2009 Montreal Saint Patrick's Day Parade.

Louise O'Sullivan ran as a mayoral candidate in Montreal during the 2009 municipal elections for Parti Montréal Ville-Marie.

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2009 Montreal municipal election[2]
  Candidate Party Vote %
  Gérald Tremblay (incumbent)Union Montréal159,02037.90%
  Louise HarelVision Montréal137,30132.73%
  Richard BergeronProjet Montréal106,76825.45%
  Louise O'SullivanParti Montréal - Ville-Marie8,4902.02%
  Michel BédardParti Fierté Montréal5,2971.26%
  Michel PrairieIndependent2,6480.63%

References

  1. "Leader: Louise O'Sullivan". Parti Montréal-Ville-Marie. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  2. "City Mayor, Élection Montréal 2009". Élection Montréal. 2009-11-02. Archived from the original on 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
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