3 councillors seeking Projet Montréal leadership, chance to take on Coderre
The party will announce its new leader December 4
The stage is set for the Projet Montréal leadership race.
With the nomination period now over, three candidates — Guillaume Lavoie, François Limoges and Valérie Plante — will by vying to take charge of the largest opposition party at city hall.
The party will announce its new leader December 4. The next municipal election will be in November 2017.
All three leadership candidates are currently city councillors for the party.
Lavoie, the party's finance critic, represents Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. Limoges, a councillor for the party since 2009, also represents Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. Plante is the deputy mayor of the Ville-Marie borough.
The three candidates will debate each other Oct. 30 at Collège de Maisonneuve.
Merger speculation
In the weeks running up to the nomination deadline, there had been speculation that Justine McIntyre, leader of Vrai Changement pour Montréal, a smaller opposition party, would run for the Projet leadership.
The parties have been discussing the possibility of joining forces ahead of the municipal election.
Even though Projet was open to letting McIntyre run, she decided not to enter the race, saying the merger talks needed more time.
Several Vrai Changement staffers have since announced they are leaving the party, telling Radio-Canada the party's councillors were getting in the way of their work.