Alex Norris (Canadian politician)
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Alex Norris | |
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| City councillor for the Jeanne-Mance district, Le Plateau Mont-Royal | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
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| Political party | Projet Montréal |
| Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec |
Alex Norris is a Canadian municipal politician and incumbent city councillor for the Jeanne-Mance district in Le Plateau Mont-Royal borough in Montreal. He is a member of the Projet Montréal municipal party.
A former reporter, researcher and journalist, Norris has become, since first elected in 2009, a local voice against corruption and in favor of transparency at the Montreal City Hall. He has initiated reforms in administrative transparency and has led the fight to reduce violence on Saint-Laurent Boulevard. Norris also spoke on behalf of a number of green and traffic initiatives, including improvements to the Rachel Street bike path.
Before embarking on municipal politics, Norris taught journalism abroad as part of an international initiative to fight corruption and also worked for The Montreal Gazette for 16 years.[1]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2017 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jeanne-Mance | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Projet Montréal | Alex Norris (incumbent) | 5,390 | 62.43 | +15.23 | ||||
| Équipe Denis Coderre | Marc-Antoine Desjardins | 2,763 | 32.01 | +15.88 | ||||
| Coalition Montréal | Deborah Rankin | 338 | 3.92 | -23.10 | ||||
| Plateau sans frontières | Joash Whyte | 142 | 1.64 | -4.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,633 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 200 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,833 | 42.12 | -3.06 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 20,970 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Election results, 2017, City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 2013 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jeanne-Mance | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Projet Montréal | Alex Norris (incumbent for Mile-End) | 4,252 | 47.20 | |||||
| Coalition Montréal | Piper Huggins | 2,434 | 27.02 | |||||
| Équipe Denis Coderre | Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis | 1,453 | 16.13 | |||||
| Intégrité Montréal | Dominique Caron | 518 | 5.75 | |||||
| Independent | João Neves | 224 | 2.49 | |||||
| Independent | Daniel Simon | 128 | 1.42 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,009 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 290 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 9,299 | 45.18 | – | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 20,584 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Election results, 2013, City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Mile-End | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Projet Montréal | Alex Norris | 4,262 | 47.51 | |||||
| Vision Montreal | Pierre Marquis | 2,552 | 28.45 | |||||
| Union Montreal | Robert Pilon | 1,885 | 21.01 | |||||
| Montréal Ville-Marie | Juliana Contreras | 272 | 3.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,971 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 280 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 9,251 | 42.60 | – | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 21,719 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal. | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Projet Montréal — Arrondissement Le Plateau Mont-Royal — Alex Norris" (in French). Projet Montréal. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- Ville de Montreal portal[permanent dead link]
- Anglophone city councillor from Mile End in hot water for French-only stance
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