Yvon Lamarre
Yvon Lamarre(2 February 1935 – 2 June 2020) was a Canadian politician and aCity CouncillorinMontreal,Quebec.[1]
Lamarre was born and brought up in the Cote St. Paul district of Montreal.[2][3]He graduated from theÉcole des Hautes Études commercialesat theUniversité de Montréalin 1957.[3]He worked in the family business "Lamarre Frères Inc".[3]
City Councillor
[edit]He was elected to Montreal'sCity Councilin 1966 as aCiviccandidate againstindependentincumbentBruno Lépine in the district of Saint-Henri.[3][4][5]He was appointed to the City Council's executive committee in 1970, becoming the vice-chairman in 1974 and the chairman in 1978.[3]
Chairman of the Executive Council
[edit]Lamarre served as Chairman of Montreal's Executive Committee from 1978 to 1986.[6]In 1982 he was considered as a possibility to replaceJean Drapeauwhen the mayor had a mild stroke.[4]Lamarre was re-elected to the Council in 1982 in the district of Saint-Paul,[citation needed]but did not run for re-election in 1986.[2][7]He was succeeded byMontreal Citizens' Movement (RCM)member Jean Durivage on the City Council.[citation needed].Lamarre cited as his greatest achievement a city housing project launched in 1979.[2]He subsequently pursued his interest in housing through the 1985 creation ofFondation Yvon Lamarre,which provides adapted residences for those with intellectual impairments.[8]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^"Yvon Lamarre - Avis de décès - Complexes funéraires | Yves Légaré".yveslegare.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-06-06.
- ^abcIngrid Peritz (July 11, 1986)."Lamarre Quits, Won't Seek Mayor's Job".The Montreal Gazette.pp. A1, A5.Retrieved8 January2011.
- ^abcdeIngrid Peritz (May 3, 1986)."The man who might be mayor".The Montreal Gazette.Retrieved8 January2011.
- ^abHeather Hill (July 24, 1982)."Who could take over from Drapeau?".The Montreal Gazette.Retrieved8 January2011.
- ^"Biographie de Monsieur Yvon Lamarre".La Fondation Yvon Lamarre.Retrieved8 January2011.
- ^André Duchesne (November 5, 2009)."André Duchesne: Mort de l'ancien président de la CTCUM et de VIA Rail".La Presse.Retrieved8 January2011.
- ^"Can Civic Party Survive After Drapeau, Lamarre?".The Montreal Gazette.July 18, 1986.Retrieved8 January2011.
- ^"La Fondation Yvon Lamarre reçoit un don de 350 000 $ de la Fondation Eleanor Côté".Le Messager LaSalle.October 8, 2010.Retrieved8 January2011.
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