Josée Duplessis
| Josée Duplessis | |
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| Chair of the Montreal Executive Committee | |
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In office June 28, 2013 – November 18, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Laurent Blanchard |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Desrochers |
| Member of the Montreal Executive Committee responsible for sustainable development, the environment, parks, and green spaces | |
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In office 2012 – November 18, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Alan DeSousa |
| Succeeded by | Réal Ménard |
| Montreal City Councillor for De Lorimier | |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Bergeron |
| Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough Councillor for De Lorimier | |
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In office 2005–2009 |
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| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Carl Boileau |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Projet Montréal |
Josée Duplessis is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has served on the Montreal city council since 2009, representing De Lorimier as a member of Projet Montréal, and has been a member of the Montreal executive committee since November 2012. In June 2013, she was appointed as chair of the executive committee.
Duplessis is a sociologist. Before entering political life, she ran a consulting firm that sought to improve the environmental practices of Quebec municipalities.
She was elected to the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough council in the 2005 municipal election as a candidate of Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU). Her election victory was extremely narrow; the returns office initially showed Projet Montréal candidate Émilie Thuillier elected by twelve votes, but the final scrutiny showed Duplessis elected by nine. MICU won six of the borough council's seven seats, with the remaining seat going to Projet Montréal leader Richard Bergeron.
In 2006, Duplessis co-operated with Bergeron on a successful motion for the borough to complete the Rachel Street bicycle path. She left Tremblay's party to join Projet Montréal in April 2009.
Duplessis was elected to city council for the De Lorimier ward in the 2009 municipal election. Tremblay's party, renamed as Union Montreal, won a majority on council, and Duplessis served as her party's transportation and environment critic.
Gérald Tremblay resigned as mayor in November 2012 amid the backdrop of a corruption scandal and was replaced by Michael Applebaum, who formed a coalition government with representation from all parties on council and some independents. Applebaum announced his executive committee on November 12, 2012, appointing Duplessis as one of two representatives of Projet Montréal. She was given responsibility for sustainable development, the environment, parks, and green spaces.
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