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Valerie Plante: party to pick successor in March 2025 [Video]

The successor to Valérie Plante will be announced next spring.

Projet Montreal said the party’s call for nominations for candidates will open on Dec. 9 and run through Jan. 31, 2025. 

Feb. 3 will mark the official start of the leadership race before a vote for a new leader is held on March 15.

The party announced the rules of the leadership race Friday following Plante’s announcement last month that she will not be seeking reelection in the municipal election.

To be eligible to run for the position, candidates will have to collect 200 signatures from members in seven boroughs, with a minimum of 10 signatures in each borough. They will also have to make a personal contribution of $1,000 to the party and collect $7,500 in donations to the party from the launch of their campaign, according …

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