Women vie for Westmount mayoralty
Two women are now in the race for the mayoralty of Westmount, the election to be held on the same day as most of Quebec’s town elections, November 2. The current mayor – also a woman – is not running again.
The hot potato in Westmount is whether development will be allowed in the southeast corner of the city, specifically dense high rise towers alongside and around Atwater Library. Mary Gallery is for, Lynne Casgrain is against (see comment from Nicholas, text has since been corrected).
Nicholas 17:26 on 2025-07-13 Permalink
Kate, you have that swapped: Gallery, currently on council, is in favour (and the plan will likely pass in September), while Casgrain is against.
As well, three of the last four Westmount mayors have been women (may soon be four of the last five), but this is still Westmount: Gallery is the daughter of a former mayor and the great-great-granddaughter of a mayor of Montreal; Casgrain, the longtime MUHC ombudsperson, is the daughter of the first female MNA, and married to Julius Grey.
Kate 17:52 on 2025-07-13 Permalink
I’ve got to stop speed-reading. Thanks.