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

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in the city's 2009 Municipal Elections.

City councillor (2002-2005)

She was originally elected in 2001, to represent the Peter-McGill 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 ...

Union Montreal Union Montreal () 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 remained the largest singl ...

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

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, O'Sullivan ran for the

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in the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie. She was defeated by incumbent,

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, 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

External links

Parti Montréal Ville-Marie

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, Louise Montreal city councillors Quebec candidates for Member of Parliament Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Women municipal councillors in Quebec 21st-century Canadian women politicians