Lorraine City Council

The Lorraine City Council (in French: "Conseil municipal de la Ville de Lorraine") is the governing body of 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:
* Luc Larose, professional engineer, of Sainte-Thérèse
* Germain Laplante, workman, of the parish of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville
* J. André Laferrière, land surveyor, of Montreal
* Peter McKenzie, financier, of Pointe-Claire
* Gerald M. Barlow, manager, of Montreal
* Donald Kirk, professional engineer, of Westmount
* John J. Seguier, gentleman, of Montreal.

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	[http://www.sylvainperron.com] Sylvain Perron	Lynn Dionne	Marie-José Magnin

* Note: Donald S. Dutton was nominated by the Council on February 11, 1969 due to the fact no nomination was presented for the seat for election (first on November 5, then again on November 11).

The next election is scheduled for November 2009.

*Sources: "City Charter (Bill 125)"; "Proceedings of the Council"; "List of Council Members established by the City".