Lorraine City Council

The Lorraine City Council (in French: Conseil municipal de la Ville de Lorraine) is the governing body of the mayor–council government in the city of Lorraine, Quebec, Canada. The city and its council were established on February 4, 1960 by means of Private Bill 125 of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (now National Assembly of Quebec).

Since June 1962, regular sittings are held once a month at the Garth House, 100 Grande Cote, Lorraine, Quebec. The agenda for each meeting is not published in advance resulting in low citizen attendance.


Formation and Pre-Elective History

The bill stated that the first aldermen were to be:

The first sitting of the Council occurred on May 9, 1960; John J. Seguier was named mayor by the aldermen, as the law provided. At the same time Luc Larose resigned and was immediately replaced by Edward Whittingham, manager, of Montreal West.

On November 13, 1963, alderman Germain Laplante resigned and was immediately replaced by J. Albert Clément, engineer.

On November 18, 1964, alderman Gerald M. Barlow resigned; on December 12, Peter McKenzie resigned. They were replaced that day by aldermen J. C. Sarault and Arthur E. Ainger, both of Lorraine.

Elected Body

Although Bill 125 indicated an election would occur on the first Monday of February 1965, provisions were made to extend the deadline for up to two years upon petition by the majority of the land-owners (per area). Such petition was approved and sent to the Provincial Government by the Council on October 21, 1964; the first election thus occurred on January 25, 1967. In the meantime, the Cities and Towns Act was modified so that alderman seats would have to be numbered. Each alderman was thus attributed a numbered seat on December 14, 1966.

Election Mayor Seat no 1 Seat no 2 Seat no 3 Seat no 4 Seat no 5 Seat no 6
Before first election John J. Seguier Donald Kirk J. André Laferrière Edward Whittingham J. Albert Clément Arthur E. Ainger J. C. Sarault
January 25, 1967 J. Albert Clément Jacques Lachapelle Claude Allard Margaret Frigon Roger Gamache G. Sanscartier Harvey E. Uline
November 8, 1968 J. Albert Clément Jacques Lachapelle Louis E. Denoncourt Margaret Frigon Roger Gamache Donald S. Dutton* Harvey E. Uline
October 31, 1971 J. Albert Clément Jacques Lachapelle Louis E. Denoncourt Margaret Frigon Roger Gamache Donald S. Dutton Harvey E. Uline
November 2, 1975 Laurent G. Belley Réjean-André Sauvé Ludger Frigon Roland Tissot Zsolt Pogany Chester Craig Edward J. Toal
November 1979 Laurent G. Belley Ludger Frigon Chester Craig Michel Laporte Jean-Pierre Picard Zsolt Pogany Gilles Pelletier
November 1983 Laurent G. Belley Denis Jean Chester Craig Raymond Léger Jean-Pierre Picard Zsolt Pogany Gilles Pelletier
November 1987 Laurent G. Belley Denis Jean Chester Craig Raymond Léger Jean-Pierre Picard Zsolt Pogany Gilles Pelletier
November 1991 Laurent G. Belley Denis Jean Chester Craig Raymond Léger Jean-Pierre Picard Lili Poulin Gilles Pelletier
November 1995 Laurent G. Belley Raymond Léger Jean-Pierre Picard Yves Carrières Denis Jean Lili Poulin Chester Craig
November 1999 Gilles Pelletier Ramez Ayoub Jean Beauchamp André W. Bédard Boniface Dalle-Vedove Lynn Dionne Marie-José Magnin
November 2003 Gilles Pelletier Ramez Ayoub Lyne Rémillard André W. Bédard Boniface Dalle-Vedove Lynn Dionne Marie-José Magnin
November 2005 Boniface Dalle-Vedove Ramez Ayoub Lyne Rémillard André W. Bédard Sylvain Perron Lynn Dionne Marie-José Magnin

The next election is scheduled for November 2009.

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