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Pierre Gagnier

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Pierre Gagnier
Borough mayor for Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Montreal City Councillor
In office
January 1, 2010 – November 16, 2017
Preceded byMarie-Andrée Beaudoin
Succeeded byÉmilie Thuillier
Personal details
Political partyParti municipal (1990-1991)
Independent (1991-1992)
Parti civique (1992-1993)
Independent (1993-1994)
Vision Montréal (1994-1997)
Independent (1997)
Action municipale (1997-1998)
Nouveau Montréal (1998)
UCIM (2001)
Projet Montréal (2009-2010)
Independent (2010-2013)
Équipe Denis Coderre (2013-2017)
Residence(s)Montreal, Quebec

Pierre Gagnier is a city councillor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since 2009, he has served as the mayor of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.[1] He was a member of the Projet Montréal municipal political party.[2] On December 27, 2010, he announced that he would quit Projet Montréal and sit as an independent.[3] He reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre in 2013.[4]

Gagnier had previously served as a city councillor for the Cartierville district from 1990 to 1998. Originally elected as a member of the Parti municipal de Montréal, he was also at one time the vice president of Vision Montreal and served as former mayor Pierre Bourque's economic development advisor in the late 1990s.[2] In the early 1990s, he was the leader of the Civic Party of Montreal and leader of the official opposition at Montreal City Hall[1] until October 1993.

Electoral record (incomplete)

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1990 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Cartierville
Party Candidate Votes %
Municipal Party Pierre Gagnier 2,359 47.95
Montreal Citizens' Movement Kathleen Verdon (incumbent) 1,599 32.50
Civic Party of Montreal Sylvain Campeau 801 16.28
Democratic Coalition Caroline Singleton 161 3.27
Total valid votes 4,920 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ville de Montréal - Arrondissement Ahuntsic-Cartierville - Vos élus" (in French). Ville de Montréal. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Pierre Gagnier". Ahuntsic-Cartierville. Montreal: Projet Montréal. 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough mayor quits Projet Montréal". The Gazette (Montreal). Postmedia. December 27, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  4. ^ Kovac, Adam (June 18, 2013). "Eight candidates join Coderre slate". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. A8. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
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