Action civique de Québec
Encyclopedia
Action civique de Québec (ACQ) is a political party in Quebec City
, Quebec
, Canada
that contests municipal elections. It was created in 2001 after the amalgamation of Quebec City and surrounding suburban municipalities.http://www.actionciviquedequebec.com/03_historique.php The party currently holds six of the 37 seats on the City Council
.http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/fr/organisation/conseil_municipal/liste_membres.shtml Despite the ACQ's minority status in the city council, its councillors ended up sharing the power between 2005 and 2007, as they formed an alliance with mayor Andrée P. Boucher, who named them to the city's executive committee, thus excluding from the executive committee the councillors of the Renouveau municipal de Québec
, the party holding the majority of seats. However, the recent death of Ms. Boucher will likely change this situation.
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
that contests municipal elections. It was created in 2001 after the amalgamation of Quebec City and surrounding suburban municipalities.http://www.actionciviquedequebec.com/03_historique.php The party currently holds six of the 37 seats on the City Council
Quebec City Council
The Quebec City Council consists of a mayor, and of 37 representatives distributed in the 37 districts, with a president by borough in the elected representatives.For the abbreviations, to see the legend at the end of the Web page....
.http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/fr/organisation/conseil_municipal/liste_membres.shtml Despite the ACQ's minority status in the city council, its councillors ended up sharing the power between 2005 and 2007, as they formed an alliance with mayor Andrée P. Boucher, who named them to the city's executive committee, thus excluding from the executive committee the councillors of the Renouveau municipal de Québec
Renouveau municipal de Québec
The Renouveau municipal de Québec is a political party in the city of Québec, Quebec, Canada that contests municipal elections. It was created on February 26, 2001, after the amalgamation of Quebec City and surrounding suburban municipalities. In 2007, the party currently holds 24 of the 37 seats...
, the party holding the majority of seats. However, the recent death of Ms. Boucher will likely change this situation.