Alex Norris (Canadian politician)

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.

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

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
2017 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jeanne-Mance
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Projet MontréalAlex Norris (incumbent)5,39062.43+15.23
Équipe Denis CoderreMarc-Antoine Desjardins2,76332.01+15.88
Coalition MontréalDeborah Rankin3383.92-23.10
Plateau sans frontièresJoash Whyte1421.64-4.11
Total valid votes 8,633100–
Total rejected ballots 200––
Turnout 8,83342.12-3.06
Electors on the lists 20,970––
Source: Election results, 2017, City of Montreal.
2013 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Jeanne-Mance
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Projet MontréalAlex Norris (incumbent for Mile-End)4,25247.20
Coalition MontréalPiper Huggins2,43427.02
Équipe Denis CoderreEleni Fakotakis-Kolaitis1,45316.13
Intégrité MontréalDominique Caron5185.75
IndependentJoão Neves2242.49
IndependentDaniel Simon1281.42
Total valid votes 9,009100–
Total rejected ballots 290––
Turnout 9,29945.18–
Electors on the lists 20,584––
Source: Election results, 2013, City of Montreal.
2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Mile-End
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Projet MontréalAlex Norris4,26247.51
Vision MontrealPierre Marquis2,55228.45
Union MontrealRobert Pilon1,88521.01
Montréal Ville-MarieJuliana Contreras2723.03
Total valid votes 8,971100–
Total rejected ballots 280––
Turnout 9,25142.60–
Electors on the lists 21,719––
Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal.
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References
  1. "Projet Montréal — Arrondissement Le Plateau Mont-Royal — Alex Norris" (in French). Projet Montréal. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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