- Pierre-Yves Melançon
Pierre-Yves Melançon is a Canadian politician and a
City Council lor inMontreal ,Quebec .Background
He holds a degree in Political Science.
City Councillor
Melançon was a member of the "
Montreal Citizens' Movement " ( _fr. Rassemblement des citoyens et des citoyennes de Montréal or RCM).He successfully ran as
City Council lor in the district of Mont-Royal in 1982. He was re-elected in 1986. Disappointed with the party's gradual shift to the center, he quit the RCM. In December 1989, with three other councillors, he founded the "Democratic Coalition of Montreal" ( _fr. Coalition démocratique de Montréal or CDM).Mayoral Candidate
In 1990, he was the mayoral candidate for the Democratic Coalition and the council candidate for the Côte-des-Neiges. He lost both races. In June 1992 he left the Coalition.
Political Comeback
In 1994 he was re-elected to the City Council as a
Vision Montreal candidate, representing the district of Côte-des-Neiges. He was re-elected in 1998, but lost re-election in 2001 against Francine Sénécal.Retirement from Political Office
Melançon has been Vice-President of Vision Montréal since 2006. [ [http://www.visionmtl.com/english/executif.html Pierre-Yves Melançon, Vision Montreal] ]
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