Option Verdun/Montréal (OVM) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party contested seats on the Verdun borough council in the 2013 Montreal municipal election.
Party leader OVM is led by André Savard, who was also its candidate for borough mayor in 2013. Savard had previously been elected as a borough councillor for Desmarchais-Crawford in the 2005 Montreal municipal election as a candidate of the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) and was returned in the 2009 Montreal municipal election for the renamed Union Montreal.Savard had previously sought election to the same seat in the 2001 municipal election as a candidate of Vision Montreal. he was defeated by MICU's John Gallagher. During his second term, he served as chair of the borough's public works, traffic, and public safety and security committee."Reconfiguration of L'Ile-des-Soeurs entrances/exits - Reopening of Exit 5 This Weekend," Canada NewsWire, 20 July 2011. Savard left Union Montreal in late November 2012 after allegations of illegal fundraising were made before the Charbonneau Commission."Verdun councillor leaves civic party," Montreal Gazette, 27 November 2012, A3.
2013 election After serving for serving months as an independent, Savard formed OVM in 2013. During that year's municipal campaign, he outlined his party's approaches on matters such as poverty reduction and social housing."Question à André Savard – Option Verdun/Montréal, candidat à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Messager Verdun, 30 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013; "Élections municipales: question à André Savard - Équipe Option Verdun/Montréal, candidat à la mairie d'arrondissement de Verdun", Le Messager Verdun, 4 October 2013, accessed 17 December 2013.
Savard was defeated in the mayoral contest, and none of the OVM's candidates for city council and borough council were elected.
The party was dissolved and ceased to be recognized by the Directeur général des élections du Québec on June 1, 2015.
Election results Electoral DistrictEligible votersPositionTurnoutCandidates IncumbentResult Équipe Coderre Coalition Projet Montréal OVM VCM Other — 47,677 Borough mayor 44.74% Jean-François Parenteau5,147 (24.81%) Alain Tassé2,902 (13.99%) Mary Ann Davis4,594 (22.14%) André Savard2,669 (12.86%) Mourad Bendjennet3,645 (17.57%) Andrée Champoux (EAC)1,549(7.47%)Jency Mercier (IM)139 (0.67%)Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.)102 (0.49%) Ginette Marotte EDC gain from Ind. Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs 25,660 City councillor 45.60% Manon Gauthier2,972 (26.25%) André Julien1,612 (14.24%) Jack L. Kugelmass2,195 (19.39%) Marc Touchette833 (7.36%) Mathieu Bélanger2,643 (23.34%) Jacques Gendron (EAC)1,067 (9.42%) Vacant EDC gain Borough councillor I 45.64% Pierre L'Heureux3,051 (26.9%) Paul Beaupré1,782 (15.71%) Dolores Durbau2,149 (18.95%) Charles Côté984 (8.68%) Jacline Leroux2,514 (22.17%) Carole Anctil (EAC)752 (6.63%)Abdulilah Kassem (Ind.)109 (0.96%) Paul Beaupré EDC gain from CM Borough councillor II 45.68% Marie-Eve Brunet3,051 (26.88%) Jean-Pierre Boivin1,886 (16.62%) Stefana Lamasanu2,313 (20.36%) Luce Latendresse800 (7.05%) Stéphanie Raymond-Bougie2,617 (23.06%) Béatrice Guay Pepper (EAC)684 (6.03%) Andrée Champoux EDC gain from EAC Desmarchais-Crawford 22,017 City councillor 43.68% Sébastien Dhavernas2,095 (22.53%) Françoise Gloutnay1,082 (11.64%) Sterling Downey2,306 (24.80%) Richard Langlais1,523 (16.38%) Marie-Josée Parent1,917 (20.62%) France Caya (EAC)376 (4.04%) Alain Tassé PM gain from CM Borough councillor I 43.67% Michelle Tremblay2,141 (23.05%) Monique Trudel1,228 (13.22%) Luc Gagnon2,329 (25.07%) Joanne Poulin1,431 (15.41%) Gladys Negret1,773 (19.09%) Michèle L'Allier-Davies (EAC)387 (4.17%) Ann Guy PM gain from Ind. Borough councillor II 43.67% Philippe Sarrasin2,018 (21.71%) Rielle Lévesque1,060 (11.40%) Marie-Andrée Mauger2,422 (26.05%) Robert Auger1,510 (16.24%) André-Yanne Parent1,878 (20.20%) Mamad Raheemeea (EAC)409 (4.40%) André Savard PM gain from OVM
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