Louise O'Sullivan is a former Montreal city councillor and member of the city's executive committee. She is the founder and leader of

Parti Montréal Ville-Marie Parti Montréal Ville-Marie was a municipal political party in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Led by its founder, Louise O'Sullivan, this political party was founded on May 31, 2005. The party's priorities are stimulating economic develo ...

. She was a candidate for Mayor of Montreal in the city's 2009 Municipal Elections.

City councillor (2002-2005)

She was originally elected in 2001, to represent the

Peter-McGill Ville-Marie is the name of a borough (''arrondissement'') in the centre of Montreal, Quebec. The borough is named after Fort Ville-Marie, the French settlement that would later become Montreal (now Old Montreal), which was located within the prese ...

district as a councillor under

Gérald Tremblay Gérald Tremblay (born September 20, 1942) is a former Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of Montreal from 2002 until his resignation in 2012. He also served as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community. Before b ...

Union Montreal Union Montreal (french: Union Montréal) is an inactive municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the governing party in the city from 2001, when it won its first election under mayor Gérald Tremblay, until 2012. The party rem ...

party. Tremblay named her to the city's executive committee, where she was responsible for the social development/revenue security and the Business Centre portfolios. Due to a disagreement with the Tremblay administration, she resigned from the executive committee and Union Montréal and spent the rest of her time in council sitting as an independent. For the 2005 municipal elections, she created Équipe Ville-Marie. For the 2009 municipals, this became Parti Montréal Ville-Marie.

2006 federal election

During the 2006 Canadian federal election, O'Sullivan ran for the

Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada (french: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties, the Progressive Con ...

in the riding of

Westmount—Ville-Marie Westmount—Ville-Marie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 97,226. Geography The district included the City of Westmount as wel ...

. She was defeated by incumbent, Lucienne Robillard, of the

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2009 mayoral campaign

Louise O'Sullivan ran as a mayoral candidate in Montreal during the 2009 municipal elections for

City councillor (2002-2005)

2006 federal election

2009 mayoral campaign

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