Yvon Lamarre

Yvon Lamarre was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.

Lamarre was born and brought up in the Cote St. Paul district of Montreal.[1][2] He graduated from the École des Hautes Études commerciales at the Université de Montréal in 1957.[2] He worked in the family business "Lamarre Frères Inc".[2]

City Councillor

He was elected to Montreal's City Council in 1966 as a Civic candidate against independent incumbent Bruno Lépine in the district of Saint-Henri.[2][3][4] He was appointed to the City Council's executive committee in 1970, becoming the vice-chairman in 1974 and the chairman in 1978.[2]

Chairman of the Executive Council

Lamarre served as Chairman of Montreal's Executive Committee from 1978 to 1986.[5] In 1982 he was considered as a possibility to replace Jean Drapeau when the mayor had a mild stroke.[3] Lamarre was re-elected to the Council in 1982 in the district of Saint-Paul, but did not run for re-election in 1986.[1][6] He was succeeded by Montreal Citizens' Movement (RCM) member Jean Durivage on the City Council.. Lamarre cited as his greatest achievement a city housing project launched in 1979.[1] He subsequently pursued his interest in housing through the 1985 creation of Fondation Yvon Lamarre, which provides adapted residences for those with intellectual impairments.[7]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Ingrid Peritz (July 11, 1986). "Lamarre Quits, Won't Seek Mayor's Job". The Montreal Gazette. pp. A1, A5. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ingrid Peritz (May 3, 1986). "The man who might be mayor". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 Heather Hill (July 24, 1982). "Who could take over from Drapeau?". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Biographie de Monsieur Yvon Lamarre". La Fondation Yvon Lamarre. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  5. ↑ André Duchesne (November 5, 2009). "André Duchesne : Mort de l'ancien président de la CTCUM et de VIA Rail". La Presse. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Can Civic Party Survive After Drapeau, Lamarre?". The Montreal Gazette. July 18, 1986. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "La Fondation Yvon Lamarre reçoit un don de 350 000 $ de la Fondation Eleanor Côté". Le Messager LaSalle. October 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
Political offices
Preceded by
Gérard Niding (Civic Party)		 Chairman of the Executive Committee
1978-1986 		Succeeded by
Michael Fainstat (RCM)


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