Union Montreal is a municipal political party

Political party

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 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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. It currently governs Montreal's city government.

Origins

It was established as the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) in the aftermath of the province-wide municipal merger of 2001

Municipal reorganization in Quebec

The most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed by Premier Lucien Bouchard and his successor Bernard Landry....

 and not long before the municipal election of that same year. It is the product of a merger between the Montreal Citizens' Movement (RCM)

Montreal Citizens' Movement

The Montreal Citizens' Movement was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It existed from 1973 to 2001.-Origins:...

 and a group of suburban politicians who backed 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...

 for Mayor

Mayor

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.

Electoral performance

Tremblay was the party's first mayoral candidate and was elected with 49% of the vote over incumbent

Incumbent

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 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:...

. He was re-elected in 2005 with 54% of the vote against the same candidate.

Change of name

In May 2007, Tremblay announced that the party would take its current name: Union Montreal. He also unveiled a new party logo. Instead of the yellow and blue logo used by the party from 2001 to 2007, a new multicolored symbol that represents Montreal's diversity would take place. The new label consists of five vertical stripes (blue, green, brown, yellow and pink), each bearing one of the letters of the word UNION.

Mayoral candidates

Election

Mayoral Candidate

Popular Vote for Mayor

Number of Councillors

2001

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...

49.11%

41/73

2005

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...

53.73%

47/64

2009

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...

37.90%

38/64

Victories are indicated with bold fonts.