Doreen Assaad is a Canadian politician. She has been mayor of Brossard, Quebec since 2017,[1][2][3] and was re-elected in 2021.[4] Before that, she was a city councillor from 2009[5][6] to 2017. She is the second female mayor[7] in the history of the city.
Doreen Assaad | |
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| Mayor of Brossard | |
| Assumed office November 13, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Leduc |
| Leader of Brossard Ensemble | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Brossard City Councillor | |
| In office November 3, 2009 – November 4, 2017 | |
| Constituency | District 1 (2009–2013) District 9 (2013–2017) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Brossard Ensemble (since 2016) Priorité Brossard (before 2016) |
Early life
editAssaad was born in Quebec as the daughter of Egyptian immigrants who came to Canada in the 1970s.[8]
Assaad has a degree from the Université de Montréal in applied mathematics and computer science. She has worked for Desjardins Group, the Canadian National Railway and Bombardier Aviation as a business process optimization specialist.[9]
She moved to Brossard in around 2002.[1]
Political career
editAssaad was elected to Brossard City Council in the 2009 municipal elections,[5][6] representing District 1. She was re-elected for a second mandate in the 2013 municipal elections, representing District 9. She was a member of the Priorité Brossard party, led by mayor Paul Leduc. She quit the party in 2016, citing a toxic atmosphere with the mayor.[10] After leaving Leduc's party, she formed her own party called Brossard Ensemble[11] (Brossard Together).
Assaad was elected as mayor of Brossard in the 2017 mayoral election in a four-way race, defeating former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Hoang Mai, incumbent mayor Paul Leduc and former mayor Jean-Marc Pelletier.[1] She and her party, Brossard Ensemble, won nine of the 10 seats on council.[12] She was re-elected with a large majority in the 2021 mayoral race, with her party winning all but two seats on council.[4][13]
In 2023, she was elected to the board of directors of the Union des Municipalités du Québec,[14] for a two-year mandate.
In 2024, Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud, a Chinese community centre and its director, city councillor Xixi Li, launched a defamation lawsuit against Assaad. Li alleged that Assaad made "false and damaging statements against her" following an RCMP investigation into the community centre which believed the Chinese government was running a police outpost there. In the lawsuit, Li stated that Assaad asked her to step down as councillor and made many statements to journalists and on social media questioning her and her organization's integrity and transparency.[15]
Assaad sits as a member of the Economic Development, Finance and Employment Committee of the Montreal Metropolitan Community,[16] and she is a member of the Plan métropolitain d’aménagement et de développement (PMAD) special commission.[17] She is also the vice president of the Réseau de transport de Longueuil,[16] and sits on the board of directors of Tourisme Montérégie.[18]
As mayor of Brossard, Assaad also sits on the council of the Urban agglomeration of Longueuil.[19]
Personal life
editAssaad is married and has three children.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c "La mathématicienne Doreen Assaad devient mairesse de Brossard". La Presse. 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Les nouvelles mairesses du Québec : Entrevues". Radio-Canada, Médium large. 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Un vent de changement souffle sur Brossard". TVA Nouvelles. 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b Geneviève Michaud (7 November 2021). "Doreen Assaad réélue à la mairie de Brossard". Le Courrier du Sud.
- ^ a b "La nouvelle mairesse de Brossard est inondée de demandes de médias... égyptiens". Radio-Canada. 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Brossard's new mayor inundated with media requests from Egypt". CBC News. 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Mme Doreen Assaad, mairesse de Brossard". Bibliothèque de Brossard. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Brossard's new mayor inundated with media requests from Egypt". CBC News. November 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ a b "Biography". Brossard Ensemble.
- ^ "Autre départ sur fond de crise à Brossard". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). June 6, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ "Brossard Ensemble: "la seule option pour le changement", affirme Doreen Assaad". Le Courrier du Sud (in French). October 25, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ "Doreen Assaad's party wins majority at Brossard City Hall". Global News. November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ "Résultats des élections municipales 2021". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Élection des administratrices et des administrateurs des caucus d'affinité de l'UMQ - Premiers résultats pour le mandat 2023-2025".
- ^ "2nd lawsuit filed in connection with alleged Chinese 'police stations' probe". Global News. March 8, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Ali Dostie (20 December 2021). "Doreen Assaad demeure présente à la CMM et au RTL". Le Courrier du Sud.
- ^ webadmin (2022-09-14). "La CMM déposera un PMAD révisé au plus tard en juin 2025". Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal - CMM (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Tourisme Montérégie.
- ^ "Conseil d'agglomération". Ville de Longueuil (in French).