List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Montreal)

This is a list of the leaders of the opposition party at the Montreal City Hall. Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.

	Name	Electoral district	Took office	Left office	Party
	Michael Fainstat	City Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	1974	1978	RCM
	Nick Auf der Maur	City Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges	1978	1982	GAM
	Michael Fainstat	City Councillor, La Confédération	1982	1984	RCM
	Jean Doré	City Councillor, Saint-Jean-Baptiste	1984	1986	RCM
	Germain Prégent	City Councillor, Saint-Henri	1986	1988 [1]	Civic Party
	Nick Auf der Maur	City Councillor, Peter-McGill	1988	1989 [2]	Civic Party
	Nick Auf der Maur	City Councillor, Peter-McGill	1989	1990	Municipal Party
	Alain André	City Councillor, Ahuntsic	1990	1991	Municipal Party
	Sam Boskey	City Councillor, Décarie	1991	1992	Democratic Coalition
	Nick Auf der Maur	City Councillor, Peter-McGill	1992	1994	Civic Party[3]
	André Lavallée	City Councillor, Bourbonnière	1994	1997 [4]	RCM
	Thérèse Daviau	City Councillor, Plateau-Mont-Royal	1997	1998 [5]	RCM
	Jack Chadirdjian	City Councillor, Darlington	1998	1998	New Montreal[6]
	Michel Prescott	City Councillor, Jeanne-Mance	1998	2001	RCM[7]
	Pierre Bourque	City Councillor, Marie-Victorin, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	2001	2003	Vision Montreal
	Martin Lemay[8]	City Councillor, Sainte-Marie, Ville-Marie	2003	2003	Vision Montreal
	Pierre Bourque	City Councillor, Marie-Victorin, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	2003	2006	Vision Montreal
	Noushig Eloyan[9]	City Councillor, Bordeaux-Cartierville, Ahuntsic-Cartierville	2006	2008	Vision Montreal
	Benoit Labonté[10]	Borough Mayor, Ville-Marie	2008	2009	Vision Montreal
	Gaëtan Primeau[11]	City Councillor, Tétreaultville, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	2009	2009	Vision Montreal
	Louise Harel[12]	City Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	2009	2013	Vision Montreal
	Richard Bergeron[13]	City Councillor, Saint-Jacques, Ville-Marie	2013	2014	Projet Montreal
	Luc Ferrandez[14]	Borough Mayor, Le Plateau Mont-Royal	2014	2016	Projet Montreal
	Valérie Plante	City Councillor, Sainte-Marie, Ville-Marie	2016	2017	Projet Montreal
	Lionel Perez	City Councillor, Darlington, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	2017	2021	Ensemble Montréal
	Aref Salem	City Councillor, Norman-McLaren, Saint-Laurent	2021		Ensemble Montréal

Footnotes

1. Prégent crossed the floor to sit as an Independent in 1988.
2. Auf der Maur crossed the floor and joined the Parti Municipal in 1989.
3. During the summer of 1994, Jérôme Choquette's Parti des Montréalais (Montrealers’ Party) absorbs the Parti Civique de Montréal (Civic Party of Montreal).
4. Lavallée crossed the floor to sit as an Independent in 1997.
5. Daviau crossed the floor to sit as an Independent in 1998.
6. Nouveau Montréal à l'opposition officielle, May 26, 1998 Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
7. In July 2001, Gérald Tremblay's Union de l’Île de Montréal absorbs the Rassemblement des citoyens et des citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) to become Union des citoyens et des citoyennes de l’Île de Montréal (UCIM).
8. Martin Lemay served as Acting Leader of Vision Montreal and as Acting Leader of the Opposition, when Pierre Bourque unsuccessfully ran as an ADQ candidate for a seat to the provincial legislature.
9. Following the resignation of Pierre Bourque, François Purcell (district of Saint-Édouard) was selected as Acting Leader of Vision Montreal; Noushig Eloyan, as Acting Leader of the Opposition.
10. Hustak, Alan (2008-05-25). "Labonté officially becomes leader of Vision Montréal". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
11. Catherine Solyom, "Where's the proof? Harel demands; Payoff rumours. She points to mayor as source of reports," Montreal Gazette, 18 October 2009, A1.
12. Leduc, Louise (2009-11-04). "Louise Harel assumera le rôle de chef de l'opposition". La Presse. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
13. Cormier, François (2014-04-27). "Luc Ferrandez assurera l'intérim à la tête de Projet Montréal". Radio-Canada. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
14. Cormier, François (2014-04-27). "Luc Ferrandez assurera l'intérim à la tête de Projet Montréal". Radio-Canada. Retrieved 2015-08-28.

See also

• List of mayors of Montreal
• Montreal City Council
• History of Quebec