Hasmig Belleli

Hasmig Belleli
Montreal City Councillor for Ahuntsic
In office 2008–2009
Preceded by	Pierre Lapointe
Succeeded by	Émilie Thuillier
In office 1994–2001
Preceded by	Alain André
Succeeded by	Pierre Lapointe
Montreal City Councillor for Acadie
In office 2001–2005
Preceded by	Noushig Eloyan
Succeeded by	position eliminated
Personal details
Political party	Vision Montréal

Hasmig Belleli is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She served on the Montreal city council from 1994 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2009 as a member of Vision Montreal.

Belleli was born Hasmig Vasilian in Lebanon, to a family of Armenian background. She moved to Canada with her husband in 1967. During her time on council, she fought for a memorial to the Armenian Genocide to be constructed in Montreal.

Belleli was first elected to city council in the 1994 municipal election in the Ahuntsic ward. Vision Montreal won a council majority in this election, and Belleli served as a backbench supporter of Pierre Bourque's administration. She supported the mayor during the Vision Montreal internal party crisis of 1997, and in February 1997 she was appointed as chair of the city's urban planning commission and to the Montreal Urban Community's administration and finance committee.

Belleli was re-elected in the 1998 municipal election, in which Vision Montreal won a second consecutive council majority. She continued serving as chair of the urban planning commission following the election. In March 1999, her committee approved a controversial housing project in one of the city's largest remaining greenspaces, at the foot of Mount Royal. The committee later approved initiatives to construct condominiums on the Redpath Refinery, transform the Rialto Theatre into a dance club, and launch a Loblaws store in Ahuntsic. (Belleli abstained from voting on the last two decisions and voted against the Loblaws plan when it came before council.)

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