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Alex Norris (Canadian politician)

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Alex Norris
City councillor for the Jeanne-Mance district, Le Plateau Mont-Royal
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Political partyProjet Montréal
Residence(s)Montreal, Quebec

Alex Norris is a Canadian municipal politician and incumbent city councillor for the Jeanne-Mance district in Le Plateau Mont-Royal borough in Montreal. He is a member of the Projet Montréal municipal party.

A former reporter, researcher and journalist, Norris has become, since first elected in 2009, a local voice against corruption and in favor of transparency at the Montreal City Hall. He has initiated reforms in administrative transparency and has led the fight to reduce violence on Saint-Laurent Boulevard. Norris also spoke on behalf of a number of green and traffic initiatives, including improvements to the Rachel Street bike path.

Before embarking on municipal politics, Norris taught journalism abroad as part of an international initiative to fight corruption and also worked for The Montreal Gazette for 16 years.[1]

Electoral record

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2017 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jeanne-Mance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Projet Montréal Alex Norris (incumbent) 5,390 62.43 +15.23
Équipe Denis Coderre Marc-Antoine Desjardins 2,763 32.01 +15.88
Coalition Montréal Deborah Rankin 338 3.92 -23.10
Plateau sans frontières Joash Whyte 142 1.64 -4.11
Total valid votes 8,633 100
Total rejected ballots 200
Turnout 8,833 42.12 -3.06
Electors on the lists 20,970
Source: Election results, 2017, City of Montreal.
2013 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jeanne-Mance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Projet Montréal Alex Norris (incumbent for Mile-End) 4,252 47.20
Coalition Montréal Piper Huggins 2,434 27.02
Équipe Denis Coderre Eleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis 1,453 16.13
Intégrité Montréal Dominique Caron 518 5.75
Independent João Neves 224 2.49
Independent Daniel Simon 128 1.42
Total valid votes 9,009 100
Total rejected ballots 290
Turnout 9,299 45.18
Electors on the lists 20,584
Source: Election results, 2013, City of Montreal.
2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Mile-End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Projet Montréal Alex Norris 4,262 47.51
Vision Montreal Pierre Marquis 2,552 28.45
Union Montreal Robert Pilon 1,885 21.01
Montréal Ville-Marie Juliana Contreras 272 3.03
Total valid votes 8,971 100
Total rejected ballots 280
Turnout 9,251 42.60
Electors on the lists 21,719
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.

References

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  1. ^ "Projet Montréal — Arrondissement Le Plateau Mont-Royal — Alex Norris" (in French). Projet Montréal. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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