Pierre DesMarais
City Councillor
He ran for a seat on Montreal's City Council in 1940 and won. He was re-elected in 1942, 1944 and 1947, but did not run for re-election in 1950.
Chairman of the Executive Council
He co-founded the Civic Action League in 1951, with other good government activists who were known as the Public Morality Committee. He was re-elected in 1954 and 1957. He served as Chairman of Montreal's Executive Committee during Drapeau's first term as Mayor from 1954 to 1957.
Political Decline
In 1960 he lost the support of Jean Drapeau who founded the Civic Party of Montreal and lost his bid for re-election. He also was defeated in the district of Saint-Jacques in 1962.
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by J.-Omer Asselin |
Chairman of the Executive Committee 1954-1957 |
Succeeded by Joseph-Marie Savignac |
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