Valérie Plante
Valérie Plante | |
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.jpg) Valérie Plante on September 20, 2016. | |
| 45th Mayor of Montreal Elect | |
| Assuming office 16 November 2017 | |
| Succeeding | Denis Coderre |
| Leader of Projet Montréal | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Luc Ferrandez (interim) Richard Bergeron |
| Montreal City Councillor for Sainte-Marie | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Mainville |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 14, 1974 Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| Political party | Projet Montréal |
| Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
Valérie Plante (born June 14, 1974 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, currently the mayor-elect of Montreal, Quebec.[1]
First elected to Montreal City Council in the 2013 municipal election, she has served as leader of the opposition Projet Montréal since December 2016. She was Projet Montréal's candidate for mayor in the 2017 election, and was elected mayor of Montreal on November 5, 2017.[2] She is the first woman to be elected mayor of Montreal, having been preceded only by councillor Jane Cowell-Poitras's two brief stints as acting mayor following mayoral resignations in the early 2010s and by the ceremonial appointment of Lise Payette as mayor of the city for one day to mark the International Women's Year in 1976.[3]
Background
Plante was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec in 1974.[4][5] She spent a year in North Bay, Ontario as a teenager to learn English.[6][7] In 1994 she moved to Montreal to attend university, receiving a degree in anthropology in 1997,[4] and another in museology in 2001.[4][5][6] She then worked for a number of non-profit organizations, most notably as director of the Fondation Filles d'Action.[6]
Political career
City councillor
In the Montreal municipal election, 2013, Plante was elected councillor for the Sainte-Marie district of the Ville-Marie borough, defeating former provincial minister and 2009 Montreal mayoral candidate Louise Harel.[8] She was named opposition critic for downtown, tourism, and for women's affairs. She was also named vice-president of city council, as well as substitute mayor for Ville-Marie.
In the fall of 2016, Plante announced her run for the leadership of Projet Montréal. She went on to win the leadership election with 51.9%, defeating Guillaume Lavoie.[9] As such, she served as Projet Montréal's candidate for mayor against incumbent Denis Coderre in the Montreal municipal election, 2017.
Mayoralty
One of Plante's key campaign planks in the 2017 municipal election was the creation of a "Pink Line", a new Montreal Metro line to improve public transit service to the borough of Montréal-Nord.[10]
Personal life
Plante has two children.[11] She is married to Pierre-Antoine Harvey, an economist with the Centrale des syndicats du Québec.[6]
References
- ^ "Valérie Plante elected mayor of Montreal, beating out Denis Coderre". CBC News, November 5, 2017.
- ^ "Valérie Plante elected first female mayor of Montreal". Global News. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
{{cite news}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 15 (help) - ^ "Valérie Plante defeats Denis Coderre to become first woman elected mayor of Montreal". The Globe and Mail, November 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Élection de Valérie Plante: «Ça fait tellement longtemps qu'on travaille pour ça» - Isabelle Ducas - Grand Montréal". November 6, 2017.
- ^ a b Fortier, Marco (November 6, 2017). "Valérie Plante passe à l'histoire à Montréal" – via Le Devoir.
- ^ a b c d "Voici 10 choses à savoir sur Valérie Plante, la première mairesse de Montréal". Le Journal de Montréal, November 5, 2017.
- ^ Isai, Vjosa (November 6, 2017). "Who is Valérie Plante, Montreal's new mayor?" – via Toronto Star.
- ^ "Valérie Plante, la novice - La Presse+". September 30, 2017.
- ^ "Projet Montréal elects Valérie Plante as new leader". CBC News. December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Projet Montréal wants to add 'Pink line' to Metro". CBC News, May 29, 2017.
- ^ "Montréal élit sa première mairesse". Métro, November 6, 2017.
External links
- Valérie Plante - Party Leader - Projet Montréal
- MTL BLOG, Montreal To Potentially Get New "Pink" STM Metro Line By 2025—© 2017 All rights reserved, Narcity Media inc.
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