Bourque’s Succession
In 2003, Bourque temporarily left his job as Leader of the Opposition, while he tried to become an ADQ Member of the provincial legislature in the district of Bourget. He lost and decided to resume his career at the municipal level. Councillor Ivon Le Duc slammed the door and made the decision to sit as an Independent, but the majority of the Vision Montreal members wanted Bourque back.
Bourque stayed for three more years.
However he decided to quit city politics in May 2006. Following his resignation, François Purcell (Councilmember for the district of Saint-Édouard) was selected as the party’s Acting Leader. Noushig Eloyan (Councilmember for the district of Bordeaux-Cartierville) has become the Acting Leader of the Opposition.
A leadership convention occurred in June 2009 where Louise Harel was unanimously chosen as the party leader and candidate for Mayor of Montreal for the 2009 municipal elections.
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