Chantal Rossi is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has served on the Montreal city council since 2013 as a member of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal. She was previously a borough councillor in Montréal-Nord from 2009 to 2013 and an elected trustee on the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île from 1998 to 2014.
Chantal Rossi | |
|---|---|
| Associate councillor on the Montreal Executive Committee with responsibility for culture, heritage, and design | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Borough mayor of Montréal-Nord (interim) | |
| In office January 2016 – April 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Deguire |
| Succeeded by | Christine Black |
| Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Clarac | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Clementina Teti-Tomassi |
| Montréal-Nord borough councillor for Marie-Clarac | |
| In office 2009–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Clementina Teti-Tomassi |
| Succeeded by | Monica Ricourt |
| Member of the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île, District Sixteen | |
| In office 1998–2014 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | position eliminated |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Union Montreal (2009-2013) Independent (2013) Équipe Denis Coderre (2013–) |
Early life and career
editRossi was born in Montréal-Nord.[1] She is the daughter of Carlo Rossi, who represented Bourassa in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. In 1987, she helped convince her father to reverse his long-standing support for capital punishment and to vote against its re-introduction.[2]
A mother at a young age, Rossi worked for several years as a Bank of Montreal cashier before entering public life.[3] She is a trained mezzo-soprano singer and has performed concerts in Montreal.[4]
School commissioner
editRossi was first elected to the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île in 1998 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. She was not a candidate in the deferred election of 2014.
Borough councillor
editRossi was elected to the Montréal-Nord borough council in the 2009 Montreal municipal election as a Union Montreal candidate in Marie-Clarac. On council, she had special responsibility for culture and preparations for Montréal-Nord's centenary in 2015.[5] She resigned from Union Montreal on February 21, 2013, after a corruption scandal implicated some of the party's leading members[6] and joined Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal on June 17 of the same year.[7]
City councillor
editRossi was elected to the Montreal city council for Marie-Clarac in the 2013 municipal election. Denis Coderre was elected as mayor and his party won a plurality of seats on council; on November 18, 2013, Coderre appointed Rossi as an associate councillor to the Montreal executive committee (i.e., the municipal cabinet) with responsibility for culture, heritage, and design. She worked in conjunction with Manon Gauthier, the executive councillor responsible for these files.[8]
Rossi continues to serve on the Montréal-Nord borough council by virtue of holding her position on city council. When Gilles Deguire resigned as borough mayor amid scandal in January 2016, Rossi was appointed as his interim replacement.[9] She served in this role until April 2016, when Christine Black was elected to the position in a by-election.[10] During her tenure as mayor, the city of Montreal introduced a sculpture resembling a ferris wheel as an identifying beacon in one of Montréal-Nord's busiest thoroughfares. The sculpture prompted some criticism for its $1.1 million cost, although many defended it on the grounds that it added a "rare bit of positive recognition" for the frequently troubled region of the city. Rossi was quoted as saying, "It's clear that Montreal North has experienced a lot of pain [in recent years]. This helps to put a balm on that pain."[11]
In the 2017 Montreal municipal election, Rossi ran as co-candidate for Coderre in the district of Ovide-Clermont. This means that if Coderre had been elected mayor and also city councillor for Ovide-Clermont, he would have sat as mayor and Rossi would have assumed the post of city councillor for Ovide-Clermont. Coderre won the city councillor election but lost the mayoral election; as he chose to resign from municipal politics, he exercised his option to cede the city council post to Rossi.
Electoral record
editMunicipal
edit| 2013 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Marie-Clarac | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Équipe Denis Coderre | Chantal Rossi | 6,292 | 63.29 | |||||
| Coalition Montréal | Michelle Allaire | 2,123 | 21.36 | |||||
| Projet Montréal | Andrea Cohen | 1,526 | 15.35 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,941 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 731 | 6.85 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 10,672 | 38.96 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 27,391 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Election results, 2013, City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 2009 Montreal municipal election: Montréal-Nord borough Councillor, Marie-Clarac | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Union Montreal | Chantal Rossi | 3,506 | 38.96 | |||||
| Vision Montreal | Roland Carrier | 2,824 | 31.38 | |||||
| Renouveau municipal de Montréal | Jeannette Belisle | 1,413 | 15.70 | |||||
| Projet Montréal | Saïd Ghoulimi | 1,256 | 13.96 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,999 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 507 | 5.33 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 9,506 | 34.19 | – | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 27,807 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal. | ||||||||
School board
edit| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chantal Rossi (incumbent) | 285 | 64.63 | |
| Réjean Loyer | 156 | 35.37 | |
| Total votes | 441 | 100.00 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chantal Rossi (incumbent) | acclaimed | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chantal Rossi (incumbent) | 390 | 41.94 | |
| Isabelle Laurin | 290 | 31.18 | |
| Louise Dagenais | 250 | 26.88 | |
| Total votes | 930 | 100.00 | |
References
edit- ^ Chantal Rossi (2013 campaign page) Archived December 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal, accessed 5 December 2013.
- ^ Caitlin Kelly, "Tough turnabout; Changing his mind on death penalty reveals humanity of cop-turned-MP," Montreal Gazette, 2 May 1987, B6.
- ^ Romain Schué, "De l’église à la mairie: Chantal Rossi, une ascension atypique", Le Guide de Montréal-Nord, 26 January 2016, accessed 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Music Scene: This week's selection of aural happenings," Montreal Gazette, 22 July 2005, D13; Concert de Noël de la conseillère Chantal Rossi, Courrier Ahuntsic & Bordeaux-Cartierville, 13 November 2013, accessed 5 December 2013.
- ^ Chantal Rossi (2013 campaign page) Archived December 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal, accessed 5 December 2013.
- ^ Ron Bruemmer, "Union Montreal loses six more members; Party heavyweight Michel Bissonnet 'in period of reflection' about future," Montreal Gazette, 22 February 2013, A4.
- ^ Kovac, Adam (June 18, 2013). "Eight candidates join Coderre slate". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. A8. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Coderre names executive committee, CTV News, 19 November 2013, accessed 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Le maire de Montréal-Nord, Gilles Deguire, démissionne". Radio Canada. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ^ Audrey Ruel-Manseau, "Christine Black élue mairesse de Montréal-Nord", La Presse, 24 April 2016, accessed 8 May 2017.
- ^ René Bruemmer, "The immobile ferris wheel of Montreal North; $1.1M work of public art intended to bring whimsy to neighbourhood," Montreal Gazette, 1 March 2016, A2.
- ^ Audrey Gagnon, "CSPÎ: Élection scolaire sans surprise à Saint-Léonard, Montréal-Nord et Rivière-des-Prairies," L'Informateur de Rivière-des-Prairies, 5 November 2007.
- ^ Source: "School board races won by acclamation," Montreal Gazette, 23 October 2003, p. 6.
- ^ Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-L'Île — 06-01 (Election Results, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
External links
edit- City of Montreal biography (in French)