Jean Doré

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honorific-prefix= Mayor
name = Jean Doré
caption = Jean Doré in 1990
order = 39th Mayor of Montreal
term_start = 1986
term_end = 1994
predecessor = Jean Drapeau
successor = Pierre Bourque
birth_date = 12 December 1944
birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
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constituency = Saint-Jean-Baptiste
party = Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM)
alma_mater = Université de Montréal
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Jean Doré (born 12 December 1944) is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.

Background

Doré studied law at the Université de Montréal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Master's Degree of Political Science from McGill University. In the early seventies Doré became a founding member of the progressive "Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM)", also known as "Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal" (RCM) in French, where he started as treasurer and eventually became party leader.

From 1972 to 1975, Doré was director of the "Fédération des associations d'économie familiale". He hosted a consumer affairs show on the Radio-Quebec public television network. He was briefly a press attaché for René Lévesque who would later become Premier of Quebec. Prior to his mayoral tenure, Doré worked as a lawyer for the "Confédération des syndicats nationaux" (CSN) - the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU).

Leader of the Opposition

In 1982, he was selected as the MCM candidate for Mayor of Montreal. He finished second with 36% of the vote, against incumbent Jean Drapeau (48%). 15 candidates of the MCM were elected to City Hall. Doré won a by-election in 1984 and became City Councillor for the district of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, as well as Leader of the Opposition.

Mayor of Montreal

In 1986, Doré won a landslide victory to the mayoral office with 68% of the vote. 55 MCM candidates out of 58 were elected. He was re-elected in 1990 with 59% of the vote.

As mayor, he oversaw the renewal of the Old Port and the parks and beaches of Ile Ste-Hélène. He also inaugurated Berri Square (Place Émilie-Gamelin), Place Charles de Gaulle and the Archaeology Museum at Pointe-à-Callière.

During his administration, the first public commissions of City Council were established and the City's first Master Urban Plan was adopted.

However, he was also criticized for an ineffective style of government, including lax policies toward city employees, as well as an unwillingness to pay down the massive debt left by the projects of former mayor Jean Drapeau. As well, some left-wing members of the MCM, including City Councillors Sam Boskey and Marvin Rotrand quit after the Overdale scandal to form the "Democratic Coalition of Montreal (DCM)", also known as "Coalition démocratique de Montréal (CDM)" in French.

First Political Retirement

In 1994 Doré received only 32% of the vote and was defeated by Vision Montreal candidate Pierre Bourque (47%). He could have sat on the City Council where he won election in the district of Plateau-Mont-Royal with 46% of the ballots, but retired in favor of running mate Thérèse Daviau.

Attempt to Make a Come Back

Doré tried to make a political come back in 1998. He founded "Équipe Montréal", a new party, and ran for Mayor. However, he gathered only 10% of the vote and finished fourth. Two candidates of Team Montreal were elected to the City Council, but they eventually sat as Independents and the party ceased to exist not long before the 2001 election. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/38/38519.htm Une opposition divisée, Radio-Canada, 6 January 2000] ]

econd Political Retirement

He currently works as an executive for Desjardins.

ee also

* Overdale
* Montreal Citizens' Movement

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/archives/democratie/democratie_fr/expo/maires/dore/index.shtm City of Montreal]