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