James Infantino

James V. Infantino
Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Clarac
In office
2005–2009
Preceded byposition eliminated
Succeeded byClementina Teti-Tomassi
Montreal City Councillor for Montréal-Nord
(with Marcel Parent and Jean-Marc Gibeau)
In office
2002–2005
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byposition eliminated
Montréal-Nord City Councillor, Division 8
In office
1998–2001
Preceded bycreated by redistribution[1]
Succeeded byposition eliminated
Montréal-Nord City Councillor, Division 9
In office
1998–2001
Preceded byArmand Nadeau
Succeeded byeliminated by redistribution[2]
Personal details
Political partyRenouveau municipal (1994–2001)
Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU), renamed as Union Montreal (UM) (2001–09)

James V. Infantino is a retired politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the Montréal-Nord city council from 1994 to 2001 and a member of the Montreal city council from 2001 to 2009.

Montréal-Nord city councillor

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Infantino ran in the 1994 Montréal-Nord municipal election as a candidate of mayor Yves Ryan's Renouveau municipal and was elected without difficulty.[3] A vocal supporter of the mayor, he was re-elected in 1998.[4]

Montreal city councillor

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All of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal, including Montréal-Nord, were amalgamated into a single city on January 1, 2002. Infantino was narrowly elected to one of Montréal-Nord's three city council seats in the anticipatory 2001 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU).[5] Tremblay won the mayoral election and his party won a majority of seats on council, and Infantino served as a supporter of Tremblay's administration. He was appointed to the Montreal Metropolitan Community in 2002,[6] and by virtue of holding his city council seat he automatically served on the newly created Montréal-Nord borough council.

In 2004, Infantino argued that amalgamation had benefited Montréal-Nord by ensuring that road repairs would be covered by the city's central budget.[7] The following year, he supported an extension of Quebec Autoroute 25 to Laval, which he said would improve pedestrian safety in his borough.[8]

Infantino was re-elected in the 2005 municipal election, in which MICU won a second consecutive majority. He supported a controversial proposal to rename Montreal's Park Avenue after former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa in 2006; on the night of the vote, he was quoted as saying, "I think it's a one-for-one change. Park Ave. was great. Robert Bourassa was great."[9]

He did not seek re-election in 2009.[10]

Electoral record

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2005 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Marie-Clarac
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens Union James Infantino (incumbent) 4,527 52.36
Vision Montreal Ibrahim Mustapha 2,815 32.56
Projet Montréal Monica Campo 764 8.84
White Elephant Louis Langevin 540 6.25
Total valid votes 8,646 100 –
Source: Election results, 2005, City of Montreal.
2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Montréal-Nord (three members elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens Union Marcel Parent 12,884 18.76
Citizens Union Jean-Marc Gibeau 12,097 17.61
Citizens Union James Infantino 11,451 16.67
Vision Montreal Michelle Allaire 11,359 16.54
Vision Montreal Luigi di Vito 9,960 14.50
Vision Montreal Nicole Roy-Arcelin 9,590 13.96
Independent Jean-Claude Mvilongo 1,354 1.97
Total valid votes 68,695 100 –
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.
Montréal-Nord municipal election, 1998: Councillor, Division 8
Party Candidate Votes %
Renouveau municipal James Infantino (incumbent) elected
Sources: Le Gardien, September–October 2001, p. 28; "Vote recount abandoned," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 2001, A4.
1994 Montréal-Nord municipal election: Councillor, Division 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Renouveau municipal James Infantino 1,079 80.34
Collectivité de Montréal-Nord Lise Leonard 264 19.66
Total valid votes 1,343 100 –
Source: Voting Results: The Final Count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.

References

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  1. ^ The previous eighth ward councillor was Normand Fortin.
  2. ^ The new ninth ward councillor elected in 1998 was Robert Guerriero.
  3. ^ Mike King, "Battling 272 years of experience; Mayor and his team have been in power since 1963," Montreal Gazette, 21 October 1994, A4; "Voting results: The Final Count," Montreal Gazette, 8 November 1994, A4.
  4. ^ Charlie Fidelman, "Montreal North? Just bet on Ryan," Montreal Gazette, 8 October 1998, A8; "Vote recount abandoned," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 2001, A4.
  5. ^ John MacFarlane and Angus Loten, "'We showed who's boss': Team Tremblay captures the east," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 2001, A7; Mike King, "Megacity council candidate Allaire granted recount in Montreal North," Montreal Gazette, 10 November 2001, A4; Mike King, "Recount decision by noon: Montreal North candidate asked court for help," Montreal Gazette, 14 November 2001, A4; "Vote recount abandoned," Montreal Gazette, 5 November 2001, A4.
  6. ^ Linda Gyulai, "Plenty of extra pay to go around," Montreal Gazette, 14 May 2002, A4.
  7. ^ Linda Gyulai, "Pothole paradise: Emergency state requires $200 million a year," Montreal Gazette, 8 February 2004, A1.
  8. ^ Catherine Solyom, "North-end mayors line up to back Highway 25," Montreal Gazette, 6 May 2005, A6.
  9. ^ Linda Gyulai, "No Walk in the Park," Montreal Gazette, 29 November 2006, A1.
  10. ^ "Councillor won't run," Montreal Gazette, 11 July 2009, A8.
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