Marc-André Plante

Marc-André Plante is a Canadian politician. Since November 2017, he has been mayor of Terrebonne, Quebec,[1][2] the 10th largest city in Quebec.[3] He was elected as mayor while the Terrebonne City Council was being investigated by the Unité permanente anticorruption (Permanent Anti-corruption unit).[1]

Marc-André Plante
Assumed office
November 5, 2017
Preceded byStéphane Berthe (interim)
Personal details
BornTerrebonne
Political partyAlliance démocratique de Terrebonne

Biography

After founding the Alliance démocratique de Terrebonne party on January 31, 2017, he announced he launched his campaign for mayor on May 29, 2017 in the 2017 mayoral election. He was elected as mayor on November 5, 2017,[1] succeeding interim mayor Stéphane Berthe,[4] who in November 2016 had replaced previous mayor Jean-Marc Robitaille who was under investigation by the Permanent Anti-corruption unit.[1] Integrity and corruption were among the main themes of the 2017 mayoral election.[1] In the election, Plante received 13,883 votes, or 42.0% of the vote, defeating Berthe, who won 10,371 votes, which amounted for 31.4% of the vote.[5]

During his term as mayor, the permanent anti-corruption unit continued their investigation of members of the previous council.[6] In March 2018, five members of the former municipal administration who were under the leadership of mayor Robitaille were arrested by the permanent anti-corruption unit.[6]

After having been elected as mayor of Terrebonne, Plante also serves as a member of the Les Moulins regional council and the Regional conference of elected officers for Lanaudière.[2]

Before entering municipal politics, Plante was director general of the Carrefour Action Municipale et Famille, which was in charge of developing municipal family policies in the province.[7]

In 2006, Plante received a certificate in administration from the University of Quebec at Montreal. When he was elected as mayor, Plante was about to receive a Master's Degree in public administration, specializing in municipal management from the École nationale d'administration publique (National School of Public Administration).[7]

References
  1. Camille Garnier. Marc-André Plante élu à Terrebonne. TVA Nouvelles. Publié le 6 novembre 2017. Consulté le 27 janvier 2019.
  2. Ville de Terrebonne / Conseil municipal. Ville de Terrebonne, 2019. Consulté le 27 janvier 2019.
  3. Évolution démographique des 10 principales villes du Québec (sur la base de 2011) selon leur limites territoriales actuelles1, Recensements du Canada de 1871 à 2011. Statistique Canada, Recensements du Canada. Adapté par l'institut de la statistique du Québec. Publié le 6 mai 2014. Consulté le 27 janvier 2019.
  4. Benoît Philie. Un nouveau maire dans la colère à Terrebonne. Journal de Montréal. Publié le 11 novembre 2016. Consulté le 27 janvier 2019.
  5. Marc Demers réélu maire de Laval, Stéphane Berthe défait à Terrebonne. ICI Grand Montréal. Publié le 5 novembre 2017. Consulté le 27 janvier 2019.
  6. Geneviève Quessy. Arrestations à Terrebonne: ses conseillers disent n’avoir rien vu de ça. Le Journal de Montréal. Publié le 15 mars 2018. Consulté le 27 janvier 2019.
  7. Alliance démocratique de Terrebonne / Pour la mairie / Marc-André Plante. Alliance démocratique de Terrebonne, 2019. Consulté le 27 janvier 2019.
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