MONTREAL — Mayor Valérie Plante, the first woman elected to Montreal's top job and whose vision for urban mobility helped make Montreal renowned for its many car-free streets, said Wednesday she won't seek re-election in the November 2025 municipal e
MONTREAL — Mayor Valérie Plante, the first woman elected to Montreal's top job and whose vision for urban mobility helped make Montreal renowned for its many car-free streets, said Wednesday she won't seek re-election in the November 2025 municipal elections."It is a heartbreaking decision. It was not easy to make because I do love my job," Plante said.
"Our movement is no accident: our ideas or projects reflect the will of the vast majority of Montrealers, and are making waves elsewhere in Quebec," Plante told reporters on Wednesday. But her party's vision to expand public space for cyclists and pedestrians faced pushback, with critics accusing her and her councillors of being anti-car and pushing their ideas for urban planning without enough consultation from businesses and others who disagreed with them.
Plante's health came under scrutiny in December 2023 when she began feeling dizzy while answering questions at a news conference and had to sit down. Citing fatigue, she returned to her duties after taking a week off to recuperate. On Wednesday she insisted she was in fine health and that she would fully assume her duties for the next 12 months. Municipal elections are scheduled for Nov. 2, 2025, in Montreal and across the province.
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