Action civique Montréal was a municipal political party that existed from 2009 to 2010 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. The party fielded five candidates in the 2009 Montreal municipal election

Montreal municipal election, 2009

The city of Montreal, Quebec, held a municipal election at the same time as numerous other municipalities in Quebec, on November 1, 2009. Voters elected the Mayor of Montreal, Montreal City Council, and the mayors and councils of each of the city's boroughs....

, all of whom ran in the borough of Saint-Leonard. ACM's leader was Italo Barone, who was also its candidate for borough mayor.

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.

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

Frank Zampino

Frank Zampino is a Montreal politician and a chartered accountant. He served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal and the city's second-ranking official...

's Parti municipal

Parti Municipal (Saint-Léonard)

The Parti Municipal was a political party that existed from 1990 to 2001 in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

 and was re-elected in 1994 and 1998. He later sought election to the new Saint-Leonard borough council in the 2001 municipal election

Montreal municipal election, 2001

The 2001 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gérald Tremblay defeated incumbent Pierre Bourque to become mayor of the newly amalgamated city....

, following Saint-Leonard's amalgamation into Montreal. Running for Pierre Bourque

Pierre Bourque

Pierre Bourque, CQ is a businessman and politician in Quebec, Canada. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.-Background:...

's Vision Montreal

Vision Montreal

Vision Montreal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has been in existence since 1994 and presently forms the Official opposition on Montreal City Council under leader Louise Harel.-Origins:...

 party, he finished second against Mario Battista from Gérald Tremblay

Gérald Tremblay

Gérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...

's Montreal Island Citizens' Union. 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. Barone received about 10% of the vote in the mayoral contest, finishing third against incumbent Michel Bissonnet

Michel Bissonnet

Michel Bissonnet, MNA is a Canadian politician who served as Liberal member and President of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Background:...

 of the Union Montreal

Union Montreal

Union Montreal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It currently governs Montreal's city government.-Origins:It was established as the Montreal Island Citizens Union in the aftermath of the province-wide municipal merger of 2001 and not long before the municipal election...

party. ACM was disestablished in September 2010.

Electoral record