Craig Sauvé
Canadian politician
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Craig Robert Sauvé (born 1981) is a Canadian politician and musician who served as the Montreal city councillor for the district of Saint-Henri—Little-Burgundy—Pointe-Saint-Charles in Le Sud-Ouest from 2013 to 2025. He currently serves as the leader of Transition Montréal.[1] Previously, he represented the district as a Projet Montréal and independent member.
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Craig Sauvé | |
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| Leader of Transition Montréal | |
| Assumed office July 17, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier Labrèche |
| Montreal City Councillor | |
| In office 2013–2025 | |
| Preceded by | Véronique Fournier |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Houbart |
| Constituency | Saint-Henri-Est–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles–Griffintown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) |
| Party | New Democratic Party (federal) Transition Montréal (2025–present, municipal) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (2021–2025, municipal) Projet Montréal (2013–2021, municipal) |
| Concordia University Vanier College John Abbott College | |
Life and career
He was first elected in the 2013 Montreal municipal election as a Projet Montréal candidate.[2] 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.[3][4][5][6] 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.[7] Sauvé has also taken a public stand against reversing the flow of petroleum pipeline 9b[8] 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).[9]
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.[10] He received 26% of the vote and placed third, behind Bloc Québécois candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé and Liberal candidate Laura Palestini. He ran again in the same riding in the 2025 Canadian federal election and placed fourth, receiving 10.4% of the vote.[11]
On July 17, 2025, Sauvé joined Transition Montréal and ran for mayor under the party banner, placing fourth.[12][13]
Sauvé is also a heavy metal musician.
Electoral record
| 2025 Montreal municipal election: Mayor | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Ensemble Montréal | Soraya Martinez Ferrada | 178,618 | 43.40 | |||||
| Projet Montréal | Luc Rabouin | 144,235 | 35.05 | |||||
| Action Montréal | Gilbert Thibodeau | 41,818 | 10.16 | +9.13 | ||||
| Transition Montréal | Craig Sauvé | 34,787 | 8.45 | |||||
| Futur Montréal | Jean-François Kacou | 8,723 | 2.12 | |||||
| Independent | Fang Hu | 1,202 | 0.29 | +0.04 | ||||
| Independent | Jean Duval | 1,187 | 0.29 | +0.02 | ||||
| Independent | Katy Le Rougetel | 995 | 0.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 411,565 | 97.73 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 9,550 | 2.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 421,115 | 37.07 | -1.25 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 1,135,883 | |||||||
| 2025 Canadian federal election: LaSalle—Émard—Verdun | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Claude Guay | 27,439 | 50.86 | +7.44 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Louis-Philippe Sauvé | 11,467 | 21.25 | −0.58 | ||||
| Conservative | Zsolt Fischer | 7,456 | 13.82 | +6.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Sauvé | 5,587 | 10.36 | −8.66 | ||||
| Green | Bisma Ansari | 1,298 | 2.41 | −0.60 | ||||
| People's | Gregory Yablunovsky | 260 | 0.48 | −2.93 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Frédéric Dénommé | 169 | 0.31 | N/A | ||||
| Communist | Manuel Johnson | 136 | 0.25 | −0.15 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 81 | 0.15 | N/A | ||||
| Centrist | Fang Hu | 60 | 0.11 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,953 | 98.79 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 662 | 1.21 | -0.90 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,615 | 66.57 | +6.29 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,042 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +4.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14][15] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, September 16, 2024: LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Resignation of David Lametti | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Louis-Philippe Sauvé | 8,925 | 28.20 | +6.11 | ||||
| Liberal | Laura Palestini | 8,656 | 27.35 | -15.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Sauvé | 8,272 | 26.13 | +6.77 | ||||
| Conservative | Louis Ialenti | 3,641 | 11.50 | +4.05 | ||||
| Green | Jency Mercier | 557 | 1.76 | -1.28 | ||||
| Independent | Tina Jiu Ru Zhu | 198 | 0.63 | – | ||||
| People's | Gregory Yablunovsky | 159 | 0.50 | -2.88 | ||||
| Canadian Future | Mark Khoury | 93 | 0.29 | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Sébastien CoRhino | 67 | 0.21 | – | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Alain Paquette | 55 | 0.17 | – | ||||
| Marijuana | Steve Berthelot | 53 | 0.17 | – | ||||
| Independent | Lanna Palsson | 48 | 0.15 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 40 | 0.13 | – | ||||
| No Affiliation | Myriam Beaulieu | 40 | 0.13 | – | ||||
| Independent | Line Bélanger | 34 | 0.11 | – | ||||
| Independent | Marie-Hélène LeBel | 30 | 0.09 | – | ||||
| Independent | Pierre Samson | 29 | 0.09 | – | ||||
| Independent | Julie St-Amand | 24 | 0.08 | – | ||||
| Independent | Laura Vegys | 23 | 0.07 | – | ||||
| No Affiliation | Manon Marie Lili Desbiens | 21 | 0.07 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alain Bourgault | 21 | 0.07 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mark Moutter | 20 | 0.06 | – | ||||
| Independent | Charles Lemieux | 19 | 0.06 | – | ||||
| Independent | Peter Barry Clarke | 19 | 0.06 | – | ||||
| Independent | Guillaume Paradis | 19 | 0.06 | – | ||||
| Independent | Hans Armando Vargas | 17 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Felix-Antoine Hamel | 17 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Martin Croteau | 17 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Daniel Gagnon | 17 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Matéo Martin | 16 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Daniel St-Pierre | 16 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | John "The Engineer" Turmel | 16 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alex Banks | 16 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Agnieszka Marszalek | 15 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| No Affiliation | Fang Hu | 15 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Nassim Barhoumi | 15 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Independent | Connie Lukawski | 14 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alain Lamontagne | 14 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Marie-Eve Vermette | 14 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Glen MacDonald | 14 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mylène Bonneau | 14 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Martin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville | 13 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Réal BatRhino Martel | 13 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Davidson | 13 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Ryan Huard | 13 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | John Dale | 12 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | John Francis O'Flynn | 12 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jaël Champagne Gareau | 12 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mário Stocco | 12 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jacques-Eric Guy | 12 | 0.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Yusuf Nasihi | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Antony George Ernest Marcil | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Samuel Ducharme | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Christian Baril | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alexandra Engering | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Danny Légaré | 10 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Timothy Schoen | 10 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Marc Corriveau | 10 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mark Dejewski | 9 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Krzysztof Krzywinski | 9 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Grayson Pollard | 8 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Michael Bednarski | 8 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Donovan Eckstrom | 7 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Lorant Polya | 7 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Judy D. Hill | 7 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Adam Smith | 6 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jordan Wong | 6 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jeani Boudreault | 6 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| No Affiliation | Katy Le Rougetel | 6 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Elliot Wand | 5 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Darcy Justin Vanderwater | 5 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Gavin Vanderwater | 5 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Lajos Polya | 5 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Michael Skirzynski | 5 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Gerrit Dogger | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Harout Manougian | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Roger Sherwood | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Spencer Rocchi | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Patrick Strzalkowski | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Anthony Hamel | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Julian Selody | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Erle Stanley Bowman | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Dji-Pé Frazer | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Benjamin Teichman | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Winston Neutel | 2 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Blake Hamilton | 2 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Wallace Richard Rowat | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Pascal St-Amand | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | David Erland | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Daniel Stuckless | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Ysack Dupont | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,653 | 97.77 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 723 | 2.23 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 32,376 | 40.84 | -19.75 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,268 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[16] | ||||||||
