Three Projet veterans to square off in VSMPE
Three veterans of Projet Montréal will be vying for the borough mayoralty of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc Extension in November: sitting mayor Giuliana Fumagalli, ejected from the Projet caucus during this term; Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, currently a councillor in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve; Guillaume Lavoie, who once aspired to lead Projet, but recently signed up with Denis Coderre.
Projet is also putting up Verdun councillor Marie-Andrée Mauger for mayor of that borough.
Meantime, one candidate for the city mayoralty has withdrawn his hat from the ring. Jean-François Cloutier founded a party called Équité Montréal but didn’t succeed in raising much interest.
Spi 19:31 on 2021-06-15 Permalink
Do municipal elections not have residency requirements? I could swear that there was a controversy with the outgoing Laval mayor not having resided in Laval long enough before the election to qualify as a candidate.
I really don’t see how you can aspire to run a borough if you don’t live in it, or you’re currently a councillor for a district that you don’t live in either.
SMD 04:00 on 2021-06-16 Permalink
All three current candidates for VSMPE borough mayor live in the borough.
Kate 09:24 on 2021-06-16 Permalink
I read yesterday that one reason LLL is running in VSMPE is that she moved into the borough and no longer lives in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
JaneyB 11:54 on 2021-06-16 Permalink
ViSaMiPex…so much catchier 🙂