Steve Shanahan
Steven Léo Shanahan (born September 16, 1970) is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has served on the Montreal City Council from 2013 to 2017 as a member of Vrai changement pour Montréal.
Steve Shanahan | |
|---|---|
 Steve Shanahan in September 2016 | |
| Montreal City Councillor for Peter-McGill | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sammy Forcillo |
| Succeeded by | Cathy Wong |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Vrai changement pour Montréal |
| Spouse(s) | Stella Shanahan |
Early life and career
Shanahan was born in Sherbrooke.[1] His campaign literature indicates that he is a marketing consultant with a bachelor's degree in administration from Bishop's University.[2]
Career
Shanahan was elected to Montreal city council for the Peter-McGill division in the 2013 municipal election, winning a somewhat unexpected victory over star candidate Damien Silès from Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal.[3] During the campaign, Shanahan promised to fight for a French-language school in the district.[4]
Shanahan was the Conservative candidate for Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs in the 2015 Canadian federal election, during which he attended the 2015 Montreal Pride Parade while campaigning.[5]
Shanahan ran again in the 2017 municipal election, but lost to Cathy Wong of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal.
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marc Miller | 25,491 | 50.82 | +23.34 | $104,027.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Allison Turner | 11,757 | 23.44 | -18.05 | $76,667.01 | |||
| Conservative | Steve Shanahan | 5,948 | 11.86 | -0.05 | $10,419.44 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Chantal St-Onge | 4,307 | 8.59 | -7.44 | $2,334.04 | |||
| Green | Daniel Green | 2,398 | 4.78 | +1.99 | $84,091.06 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Daniel Wolfe | 161 | 0.32 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Bill Sloan | 102 | 0.20 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,164 | 100.00 | – | $221,982.87 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 435 | 0.86 | – | – | ||||
| Turnout | 50,599 | 59.96 | – | – | ||||
| Eligible voters | 84,387 | – | – | – | ||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2013 Montreal municipal election: City Councillor, Peter-McGill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Vrai changement | Steve Shanahan | 1,865 | 37.46 | |||||
| Équipe Denis Coderre | Damien Silès | 1,366 | 27.44 | |||||
| Coalition Montréal | Nicole Trudeau | 962 | 19.32 | |||||
| Projet Montréal | Jimmy Zoubris | 786 | 15.79 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,979 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 115 | 2.26 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 5,094 | 29.54 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 17,243 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Election results, 2013, City of Montreal. | ||||||||
References
- Steve Shanahan: Bio Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, stevenleoshanahan.ca, accessed 9 December 2013.
- Steve Shanahan Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Vrai changement pour Montréal, accessed 9 December 2013.
- Robert Libman, "Too many real estate projects are mired in quicksand" [editorial], Montreal Gazette, 19 November 2013, A15.
- Allison Lampert, "Ville-Marie: Harel’s loss to newcomer part of wave of change", Montreal Gazette, 4 November 2013, accessed 9 December 2013.
- "Mulcair, Duceppe criticize Harper for not attending Montreal Pride". CBC. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results
- Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits