Laval City Council
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 2021. Statutory meetings are held on the first Monday of each month.
Sectors
Currently the city is divided into six sectors which only approximately cover the territories of the former municipalities. They are:- Duvernay
- Saint François
- Saint Vincent de Paul
- Laval des Rapides
- Pont Viau
- Renaud
- Chomedey
- Fabreville Ouest
- Îles Laval
- Laval Ouest
- Laval sur le Lac
- Sainte Dorothée
- Fabreville Est
- Sainte Rose
- Vimont
- Auteuil
Current Laval City Council
Following the November 5, 2017 municipal election, the following city councillors and mayor were elected:Councillor | Party | Ward | Notes | |
Mouvement lavallois | Mayor | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 1 | |||
Action Laval | District 2 | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | ||
Mouvement lavallois | District 3 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 4 | |||
Action Laval | District 5 | Elected for Mouvement lavallos | ||
Mouvement lavallois | District 6 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 7 | |||
Action Laval | District 8 | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | ||
Action Laval | District 9 | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | ||
Mouvement lavallois | District 10 | |||
Action Laval | District 11 | Elected for Mouvement lavallois | ||
Mouvement lavallois | District 12 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 13 | |||
Action Laval | District 14 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 15 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 16 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 17 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 18 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 19 | Died on August 20, 2019 | ||
Parti Laval | District 19 | Elected in a by-election November 24, 2019 | ||
Parti Laval | District 20 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 21 |
Following the November 3rd 2013 elections, the following city councillors were elected:
Councillor | Party | Ward | Notes | |
Mouvement lavallois | Mayor | |||
Independent | District 1 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 2 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 3 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 4 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 5 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 6 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 7 | |||
Action Laval | District 8 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 9 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 10 | |||
Independent | District 11 | |||
Independent | District 12 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 13 | |||
Action Laval | District 14 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 15 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 16 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 17 | |||
Independent | District 18 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 19 | |||
Independent | District 20 | |||
Mouvement lavallois | District 21 |
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. Following Vaillancourt's resignation as mayor on November 9, 2012, the councillors voted to dissolve the party on November 19, 2012 and sat as independents.
Following Vaillancourt's resignation, councillor Basile Angelopoulos served as the city's acting mayor until council selected Alexandre Duplessis, the former councillor for District 15, as the new mayor on November 23. Angelopoulos again undertook the responsibilities of pro-mayor upon Duplessis' resignation on June 28, 2013 until Martine Beaugrand, the former councillor for District 20 was acclaimed as the city's new mayor on July 3, 2013.