Laval City Council

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Laval City Council Conseil municipal de Laval (French)
City council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	Stéphane Boyer, Mouvement lavallois
Structure
Seats	21 councillors and mayor
Political groups	3
Mouvement lavallois	15 / 22
Action Laval	5 / 22
Parti Laval	2 / 22
Elections
Voting system	first past the post
Last election	November 7, 2021
Meeting place
Laval City Hall
Website
[1]

The Laval City Council is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is composed of the mayor and 21 councillors. They are elected to four year terms with the next election scheduled for November 2025. Statutory meetings are held on the first Monday of each month.

As of the municipal election, Mouvement Lavallois has a majority on the city council and the mayor's office. Two other parties are represented on council Action Laval at 5 seats and Parti Laval at 2 seats.

Sectors[edit]

Currently^[when?] the city is divided into six sectors (secteurs in French) which only approximately cover the territories of the former municipalities. They are:

The former city of Fabreville was divided among two sectors.

Members[edit]

2021–present[edit]

2017–2021[edit]

Following the November 5, 2017 municipal election, the following city councillors and mayor were elected:

2013–2017[edit]

Following the November 3rd 2013 elections, the following city councillors were elected:

Prior to the 2013 elections, all 21 councillors has been associated with the Parti PRO des Lavallois, the municipal political party of mayor Gilles Vaillancourt.^[3] Following Vaillancourt's resignation as mayor on November 9, 2012,^[4] the councillors voted to dissolve the party on November 19, 2012, and sat as independents.^[3]

Following Vaillancourt's resignation, councillor Basile Angelopoulos served as the city's acting mayor^[5] until council selected Alexandre Duplessis, the former councillor for District 15 (Saint-Martin), as the new mayor on November 23.^[6] Angelopoulos again undertook the responsibilities of pro-mayor upon Duplessis' resignation on June 28, 2013, until Martine Beaugrand, the former councillor for District 20 (Fabreville) was acclaimed as the city's new mayor on July 3, 2013.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website to Laval