# Action civique Montréal

Action civique Montréal (ACM) was a municipal political party that existed from 2009 to 2010 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party fielded five candidates in the 2009 Montreal municipal election, all of whom ran in the borough of Saint-Leonard. ACM's leader was Italo Barone, who was also its candidate for borough mayor.

## Platform

ACM advocated the devolution of municipal services from the City of Montreal to Saint-Leonard. In announcing the party's formation, Barone said that he was open to the possibility of withdrawing Saint-Leonard from Montreal and returning the community to its pre-2001 status as a separate municipality.

## Party leader

Italo Barone is a Montreal entrepreneur. He was elected to the Saint-Leonard city council in 1990 as a member of Frank Zampino's Parti municipal and was re-elected in 1994 and 1998. He later sought election to the new Saint-Leonard borough council in the 2001 municipal election, following Saint-Leonard's amalgamation into Montreal. Running for Pierre Bourque's Vision Montreal party, he finished second against Mario Battista from Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens' Union. The 2009 election was his first as a party leader.

## Results and aftermath

ACM received 5,723 votes, and none of its candidates were elected. Barone received about 10% of the vote in the mayoral contest, finishing third against incumbent Michel Bissonnet of the Union Montreal party. ACM was disestablished in September 2010.

## Electoral record

vte2009 Montreal municipal election: Borough mayor of Saint-Leonard :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Union Montreal | Union Montreal | (x)Michel Bissonnet | 12,449 | 69.72 |
| Vision Montreal | Vision Montreal | Vittorio Capparelli | 2,035 | 11.40 |
| Action civique Montréal | Action civique Montréal | Italo Barone | 1,868 | 10.46 |
| Projet Montréal | Projet Montréal | Nicolas Marchildon | 1,325 | 7.42 |
| Independent | Independent | David Mallozzi | 179 | 1.00 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,856 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal. |||||
vte2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est division :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Union Montreal | Union Montreal | Robert Zambito | 4,928 | 63.51 |
| Vision Montreal | Vision Montreal | Raphaël Fortin | 1,135 | 14.63 |
| Projet Montréal | Projet Montréal | Franco Fiori | 947 | 12.21 |
| Action civique Montréal | Action civique Montréal | Louise Blackburn | 749 | 9.65 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,759 | |
| Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal. |||||
vte2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Union Montreal | Union Montreal | Dominic Perri (incumbent) | 6,524 | 66.69 |
| Vision Montreal | Vision Montreal | Najat Boughaba | 1,330 | 13.60 |
| Action civique Montréal | Action civique Montréal | Rocco De Robertis | 1,155 | 11.81 |
| Projet Montréal | Projet Montréal | Souad El Haous | 773 | 7.90 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,782 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal. |||||
vte2009 Montreal municipal election: Borough councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Montreal | Lili-Anne Tremblay | 4,429 | 57.86 | −6.96 |
| | Action civique | Domenico Moschella | 1,234 | 16.12 | +1.05 |
| | Vision Montreal | Marie-Lourdes Louis | 1,162 | 15.18 | −4.94 |
| | Projet Montréal | Martin Surprenant | 830 | 10.84 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,655 | 92.56 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 615 | 7.44 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,270 | 39.09 | – |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 21,159 | – | – |
| Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal. |||||||
vte2009 Montreal municipal election: Saint-Leonard Borough Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest division :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Union Montreal | Union Montreal | (x)Mario Battista | 6,653 | 67.39 |
| Vision Montreal | Vision Montreal | Carmelo de Stefano | 1,408 | 14.26 |
| Projet Montréal | Projet Montréal | Martin Lavallée | 1,095 | 11.09 |
| Action civique Montréal | Action civique Montréal | Luis Ruivo | 717 | 7.26 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,873 | 100 |
| Source: Election results, 2009, City of Montreal. |||||