The Montréal-Nord borough council is the local governing body of Montréal-Nord, a borough in the City of Montreal. The council consists of five members: the borough mayor (who also serves as a Montreal city councillor), two city councillors representing the borough's electoral districts, and two borough councillors representing the same electoral districts.Electoral Process and Districts: Montréal-Nord borough , City of Montreal, accessed 5 December 2013.
Montréal-Nord is former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre's home territory, and his Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal now re-named Ensemble Montreal party is the dominant party in the borough.
Current members District Position Name Party — Borough mayorCity councillor Christine Black Ensemble Montréal Marie-Clarac City councillor Vacant Borough councillor Jean Marc Poirier Ensemble Montréal Ovide-Clermont City councillor Chantal Rossi Ensemble Montréal Borough councillor Philippe Thermidor Ensemble Montréal
Former members Monica Ricourt was born in Montreal.Delphine Jung, "Monica Ricourt, passionnée de politique, fière de ses origines", Le Guide de Montréal-Nord, 16 February 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the Université du Québec à Montréal (2001).Monica Ricourt, Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal, accessed 11 May 2017. Ricourt was a member of the borough council from 2009 to 2017; she also served in the board of Société de transport de Montréal from 2009 to 2013."Composition of the STM Board of Directors", Société de transport de Montréal, 2 December 2013, accessed 29 November 2017. Originally elected for Union Montreal, she left this party in May 2013"Deux nouveaux départs à Union Montréal", Radio-Canada, 7 May 2013, accessed 11 May 2017. and joined Coderre's party in June of the same year.
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