# Craig Sauvé

Craig Robert Sauvé (born 1981) is a Canadian politician and musician, currently serving as city councillor for the district of Saint-Henri—Little-Burgundy—Pointe-Saint-Charles in Le Sud-Ouest. He currently sits as an independent. Previously, he represented Projet Montréal. He was first elected in the 2013 Montreal municipal election as a Projet Montréal candidate. In that election, he received 29% of the vote in a three-way race between himself, incumbent Véronique Fournier of Coalition Montréal, and Derek Robertson of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal. He was re-elected in 2017, receiving over 65% of the vote. Ahead of the 2021 Montreal municipal election, Sauvé left the Projet Montréal political party due to sexual assault allegations. He was re-elected with 52% of the vote.
While in the opposition, Sauvé was Projet Montréal's transport critic, and as such has taken positions in favour of increased active transport infrastructure, increasing funding for the STM, and against the highway 19 extension. Sauvé has also taken a public stand against reversing the flow of petroleum pipeline 9b and opposed the P-6 bylaw.
He currently is a special advisor to the executive committee as well as vice-chair of the board of directors of the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).
On March 28, 2024, Sauvé announced that he was standing for nomination for the New Democratic Party's candidate in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun at the September 18, 2024 federal by-election. He placed third, behind Bloc Québécois candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé and Liberal candidate Laura Palestini.
Sauvé is also a heavy metal musician.

## Electoral record

vteCanadian federal by-election, September 16, 2024: LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Resignation of David Lametti :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Louis-Philippe Sauvé | 8,884 | 28.02 | +5.93 |
| | Liberal | Laura Palestini | 8,636 | 27.23 | -15.69 |
| | New Democratic | Craig Sauvé | 8,262 | 26.05 | +6.70 |
| | Conservative | Louis Ialenti | 3,676 | 11.59 | +4.14 |
| | Green | Jency Mercier | 567 | 1.79 | -1.25 |
| | Independent | Tina Jiu Ru Zhu | 197 | 0.62 | |
| | People's | Gregory Yablunovsky | 156 | 0.49 | -2.89 |
| | Canadian Future | Mark Khoury | 103 | 0.32 | |
| | Independent | Pierre Samson | 78 | 0.25 | |
| | Rhinoceros | Sébastien CoRhino | 67 | 0.21 | |
| | Christian Heritage | Alain Paquette | 54 | 0.17 | |
| | Marijuana | Steve Berthelot | 52 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Lanna Palsson | 49 | 0.15 | |
| | No Affiliation | Myriam Beaulieu | 47 | 0.15 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 41 | 0.13 | |
| | Independent | Marie-Hélène LeBel | 39 | 0.12 | |
| | Independent | Line Bélanger | 31 | 0.10 | |
| | Independent | John "The Engineer" Turmel | 25 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Laura Vegys | 22 | 0.07 | |
| | No Affiliation | Manon Marie Lili Desbiens | 21 | 0.07 | |
| | Independent | Alain Bourgault | 20 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Peter Barry Clarke | 20 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Julie St-Amand | 20 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Charles Lemieux | 19 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Mark Moutter | 19 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Guillaume Paradis | 18 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Felix-Antoine Hamel | 17 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Hans Armando Vargas | 17 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Alex Banks | 16 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Marc Corriveau | 16 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Martin Croteau | 16 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Matéo Martin | 16 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Daniel St-Pierre | 16 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Nassim Barhoumi | 15 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Gagnon | 15 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Agnieszka Marszalek | 15 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Marie-Eve Vermette | 15 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Mylène Bonneau | 14 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Jacques-Eric Guy | 14 | 0.04 | |
| | No Affiliation | Fang Hu | 14 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Alain Lamontagne | 14 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Connie Lukawski | 14 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Glen MacDonald | 14 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Martin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville | 13 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Davidson | 13 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Ryan Huard | 13 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Réal BatRhino Martel | 12 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | John Dale | 12 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | John Francis O'Flynn | 12 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Mário Stocco | 12 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Christian Baril | 11 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Michael Bednarski | 11 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Samuel Ducharme | 11 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Alexandra Engering | 11 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Antony George Ernest Marcil | 11 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Yusuf Nasihi | 11 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Jaël Champagne Gareau | 10 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Danny Légaré | 10 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Timothy Schoen | 10 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Mark Dejewski | 9 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Krzysztof Krzywinski | 9 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Judy D. Hill | 8 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Grayson Pollard | 8 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Jeani Boudreault | 7 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Donovan Eckstrom | 7 | 0.02 | |
| | No Affiliation | Katy Le Rougetel | 7 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Lorant Polya | 7 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Adam Smith | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Gavin Vanderwater | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Jordan Wong | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Dji-Pé Frazer | 5 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Lajos Polya | 5 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Roger Sherwood | 5 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Michael Skirzynski | 5 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Pascal St-Amand | 5 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Elliot Wand | 5 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Gerrit Dogger | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Harout Manougian | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Strzalkowski | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Darcy Justin Vanderwater | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Erle Stanley Bowman | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Anthony Hamel | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Blake Hamilton | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Spencer Rocchi | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Benjamin Teichman | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Winston Neutel | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Julian Selody | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | David Erland | 1 | 0.00 | |
| | Independent | Wallace Richard Rowat | 1 | 0.00 | |
| | Independent | Ysack Dupont | 0 | 0.00 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Stuckless | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,711 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,711 | 39.66 | -20.94 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 79,966 |
| | Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +10.81 |