Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician)
- Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician)
Pierre Benoit (born ca. 1939 [cite news | publisher=The Globe and Mail | title=Young man with ideas (editorial) | page=6 | date=26 April 1972 , Benoit was indicated as age 33 at this time] ) was mayor of Ottawa from 1972 to 1974. He was a lawyer by career.
Benoit studied law at the University of Ottawa and played Canadian football with the Ottawa Gee-Gees from 1957 to 1961.[cite web|url=http://www.geegees.ca/news/VConten.asp?lang=EN&articleid=911|title= Gee-Gees football springs to camp|date=2008-04-18|publisher=Gee-Gees Football|accessdate=2008-04-19] He then practised law in the Ottawa area. He was mayor during the opening of the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library in 1974. After his term as mayor, he was a columnist for the Ottawa Journal. He later worked with Campeau Corporation in commercial and residential development. Later he served as an excutive with VMS Realty Partners in Chicago, IL following which he embarked on a career as a corporate turnaround specialist.]He unsuccessfully contested an Ontario by-election on 7 November 1974 in the Carleton East provincial electoral district as a Progressive Conservative candidate.
On April 18 2008, he was inducted into the Gee-Gees Hall of Fame as a two-way All-Star.
One of his nieces is radio journalist Avril Benoît. [cite news | url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/series/trudeau/abenoitpolfun_sep30.html | date=30 September 2000 | publisher=The Globe and Mail | first=Avril | last=Benoit | title=Politics fun? Who'd have guessed it | page=A9 ]
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