Michael Fainstat

Michael Fainstat (29 August 1923 - 29 December 2010) ^[1]was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.

Background

In the early seventies he became a founding member of the progressive Montreal Citizens' Movement, also known as Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) in French.

City Councillor

He was elected to Montreal's City Council in 1974 against Civic incumbent James Bellin with 17 other RCM candidates and represented the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

He was the only RCM candidate to win a seat in 1978. He was re-elected in the district of La-Confédération in 1982 and 1986.

Chairman of the Executive Committee

He served as Montreal's Chairman of the Executive Committee from 1986 to 1990.

He was re-elected in the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in 1990, but resigned in 1991. He was succeeded by Democratic Coalition candidate Claudette Demers-Godley on the City Council.

Death

Fainstat died on December 29, 2010, due to Parkinson's Disease. A commemoration of his life was held on January 9, 2011^[2].

Footnotes

1. ^ Montreal politician helped to unseat Jean Drapeau Globe and Mail 2011-01-25
2. ^ "Michael Fainstat dies at 87". CBC News. 3 January 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/03/michael-fainstat-death.html. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 

Political offices
Preceded by Yvon Lamarre (Civic Party)	Chairman of the Executive Committee 1986-1990	Succeeded by Léa Cousineau (RCM)
Preceded by Arnold Bennett (RCM)	City Councillor, District of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1990-1991	Succeeded by Claudette Demers-Godley (Democratic Coalition)

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Name	Fainstat, Michael
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Date of birth	29 August 1923
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Date of death	29 December 2010
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