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Montreal’s Elected Officials; Do we have
too many?
Presentation of thePolitics’ Association for Law Students
McGill Faculty of Law
Matthew Quadrini
Burroughs Council
Mayors of Burroughs Elected Burroughs Councillors
City CouncilMayors of Burroughs Elected City Councillors
Le Maire de MontrealExecutive Committee
The Municipal Government’s
Structure
Position Quantité d’elus
Marie de MTL/Ville Marie 1
Maires d’arrondissement 18
Conseillers de ville d’elus 46
Conseillers d’arrondissement 38
Total 103
Quantité d’elus
Maries d’arrondissement
Conseillers d’arrondisment
Louise Harel leader of Vision Montreal, wants to
reopen the debate on the number of elected officials She is supported by the FTQ The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal
Citing that there are “too many splintered decision-making centres and too many demotivated employees.”
Mayor Gerald Tremblay leader of UNION Montreal Has refused to re-open the debate «On a déjà perdu trop d'énergie avec les fusions,
défusions», - Marvin Rotran
Who’s bringing this up?
Number of elected officials around the
world
1. Municipal government is a provider of services
The city is a corporation that provides services The work of a city is not political but administrative Is prevalent in North America and England
2. Municipal government is another level of government The function is political There is going to be ideological disagreements and
there needs to be a wide representation of views Lower population to politician ratio means more
access to politicals Model used in MTL and in Europe
Two different philosophies of
governance
What kind of municipal government do you want?
Time for your say