The Laval City Council is the governing body in the
mayor–council government
The mayor–council government system is a system of local government that has a mayor who is directly elected by the voters serve as chief executive, and a separately elected legislative city council. It is one of the two most common forms of ...
in the city of
Laval, Quebec
Laval (; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in C ...
, 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.
Sectors
Currently the city is divided into six sectors (''secteurs'' in French) which only ''approximately'' cover the territories of the former municipalities. They are:
:Sector 1
* Duvernay
* Saint François
* ''Saint Vincent de Paul''
:Sector 2
* ''Laval des Rapides''
* ''Pont Viau''
* ''Renaud''
:Sector 3
* Chomedey
:Sector 4
* ''Fabreville Ouest''
* Îles Laval
* ''Laval Ouest''
* Laval sur le Lac
* Sainte Dorothée
:Sector 5
* ''Fabreville Est''
* ''Sainte Rose''
:Sector 6
* Vimont
* ''Auteuil''
The former city of Fabreville was divided among two sectors.
Members
2021–present
2017–2021
Following the November 5, 2017 municipal election, the following city councillors and mayor were elected:
2013–2017
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
Gilles Vaillancourt (born January 9, 1941) is a former Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corruption and fraud. During t ...
, the municipal political party of mayor
Gilles Vaillancourt
Gilles Vaillancourt (born January 9, 1941) is a former Canadians, Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corru ...
."RIP: PRO des Lavallois". '' The Gazette'', November 19, 2012. 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
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CBC News
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, November 13, 2012. until council selected
Alexandre Duplessis
Alexandre Duplessis (born 1970) is a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from November 23, 2012 until June 28, 2013. He was selected as the new mayor of Laval, Quebec following the resignation of Gilles Vaillancourt,
, the former councillor for District 15 (Saint-Martin), as the new mayor on November 23."Alexandre Duplessis elected new interim mayor of Laval" '' The Gazette'', November 23, 2012. Angelopoulos again undertook the responsibilities of pro-mayor upon Duplessis' resignation on June 28, 2013 until