Action civique Montréal (ACM) was a municipal political party that existed from 2009 to 2010 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party fielded five candidates in the 2009 Montreal municipal election, all of whom ran in the borough of Saint-Leonard. ACM's leader was Italo Barone, who was also its candidate for borough mayor.[1]

Platform

ACM advocated the devolution of municipal services from the City of Montreal to Saint-Leonard. In announcing the party's formation, Barone said that he was open to the possibility of withdrawing Saint-Leonard from Montreal and returning the community to its pre-2001 status as a separate municipality.[2]

Party leader

Italo Barone is a Montreal entrepreneur. He was elected to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1990 as a member of Frank Zampino's Parti municipal and was re-elected in 1994 and 1998.[3] He later sought election to the new Saint-Leonard borough council in the 2001 municipal election, following Saint-Leonard's amalgamation into Montreal. Running for Pierre Bourque's Vision Montreal party, he finished second against Mario Battista from Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens' Union.[4] The 2009 election was his first as a party leader.

Results and aftermath

ACM received 5,723 votes, and none of its candidates were elected.[5] Barone received about 10% of the vote in the mayoral contest, finishing third against incumbent Michel Bissonnet of the Union Montreal party. ACM was disestablished in September 2010.[6]

Electoral record

2009 Montreal municipal election: Borough mayor of Saint-Leonard
Party Candidate Votes%
Union Montreal (x)Michel Bissonnet 12,449 69.72
Vision Montreal Vittorio Capparelli 2,035 11.40
Action civique Montréal Italo Barone 1,868 10.46
Projet Montréal Nicolas Marchildon 1,325 7.42
Independent David Mallozzi 179 1.00
Total valid votes 17,856 100
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.
2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est division
Party Candidate Votes%
Union Montreal Robert Zambito 4,928 63.51
Vision Montreal Raphaël Fortin 1,135 14.63
Projet Montréal Franco Fiori 947 12.21
Action civique Montréal Louise Blackburn 749 9.65
Total valid votes 7,759
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.
2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest
Party Candidate Votes%
Union Montreal Dominic Perri (incumbent) 6,524 66.69
Vision Montreal Najat Boughaba 1,330 13.60
Action civique Montréal Rocco De Robertis 1,155 11.81
Projet Montréal Souad El Haous 773 7.90
Total valid votes 9,782 100
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.
2009 Montreal municipal election: Borough councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Union MontrealLili-Anne Tremblay4,42957.86−6.96
Action civiqueDomenico Moschella1,23416.12+1.05
Vision MontrealMarie-Lourdes Louis1,16215.18−4.94
Projet MontréalMartin Surprenant83010.84–
Total valid votes 7,65592.56–
Total rejected ballots 6157.44–
Turnout 8,27039.09–
Electors on the lists 21,159––
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.
2009 Montreal municipal election: Saint-Leonard Borough Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest division
Party Candidate Votes%
Union Montreal (x)Mario Battista 6,653 67.39
Vision Montreal Carmelo de Stefano 1,408 14.26
Projet Montréal Martin Lavallée 1,095 11.09
Action civique Montréal Luis Ruivo 717 7.26
Total valid votes 9,873 100
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.

References

  1. ↑ Parti - Action civique Montréal, cyberpresse.ca, accessed July 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ Guillaume Picard, "Un parti ouvertement défusionniste pour déloger Michel Bissonnet à Saint-Léonard", Progrès Saint-Léonard, September 2, 2009, accessed August 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Voting results: the final count," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1994, A4; Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," Montreal Gazette, October 15, 1998, A6.
  4. ↑ Guillaume Picard, "Un parti ouvertement défusionniste pour déloger Michel Bissonnet à Saint-Léonard", Progrès Saint-Léonard, September 2, 2009, accessed August 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Total Votes Received by Each Party," Montreal Gazette, November 5, 2009, A4.
  6. ↑ "Le DGE sanctionne quatre fois à Montréal" Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Montreal Express, June 20, 2011.
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