Louise O'Sullivan founded the Montreal-Ville Marie party in 2006. (Photo courtesy of the Montreal-Ville Marie party)Montreal-Ville Marie party Leader Louise O'Sullivan has been critical of what she says has been a lack of media attention to her bid for mayor.

A former executive committee member who split with Mayor Gérald Tremblay’s party over a disagreement on questions of governance in 2004, O’Sullivan paints herself as a pro-business candidate who wants to cut red tape at city hall.

O’Sullivan is the founder of a recruitment firm, Les Conseillers en Personnel Jacques Cartier, which has been in operation since 1978.

After being elected in the downtown district of Peter-McGill in 2001 under Tremblay’s party, O’Sullivan served on the executive committee through 2004.

She was responsible for dossiers including social development and revenue security.

After quitting Tremblay’s party, O’Sullivan served out the rest of her mandate as an independent.

She made an unsuccessful bid for the mayoralty of the Ville-Marie borough in 2005, placing fourth with only 11 per cent of the vote.

In 2006, O’Sullivan ran as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the riding of Westmount-Ville Marie.

That year, O’Sullivan also launched the Montreal-Ville Marie party, which is running a full slate of candidates in this election.