Pierre Lapointe (died April 12, 2008) was a municipal politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 1998 until his death, originally as a member of Vision Montreal (VM) and later with the Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU).
Lapointe was the brother of provincial politician Lisette Lapointe and the brother-in-law of her husband, Jacques Parizeau, who served as premier of Quebec from 1994 to 1996.[1]
Political career
editLapointe was first elected to city council in the 1998 municipal election for the Fleury division. Vision Montreal won a council majority in this cycle, and Lapointe was a backbench supporter of Mayor Pierre Bourque's administration for the next three years. He was re-elected for the redistributed Ahuntsic division in the 2001 election; Vision Montreal was defeated by MICU, and he subsequently served as a member of the opposition.
Lapointe crossed the floor to join MICU on December 12, 2003.[2] In February 2004, he was elected to MICU's executive committee as one of three members representing the elected party caucus.[3] He was re-elected under his new party's banner in the 2005 campaign.
By virtue of holding his seat on city council, Lapointe also served as a member of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough council following the 2001 election. He died of cancer on April 12, 2008.[4]
Electoral record
edit| 2005 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Ahuntsic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Montreal Island Citizens Union | (x)Pierre Lapointe | 3,956 | 44.38 | |||||
| Vision Montreal | (x)Hasmig Belleli | 3,628 | 40.70 | |||||
| Projet Montréal | Pierre-Léo Mongeon-Bourbonnais | 1,329 | 14.91 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,913 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: City of Montreal official results (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Ahuntsic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Vision Montreal | (x)Pierre Lapointe | 6,673 | 65.17 | |||||
| Montreal Island Citizens Union | Pierre Lachapelle | 3,566 | 34.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 10,239 | 100 | ||||||
| Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal. | ||||||||
| 1998 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Fleury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Vision Montreal | Pierre Lapointe | 3,015 | 36.18 | |||||
| New Montreal | Pierre de Montigny | 2,284 | 27.41 | |||||
| Independent | Pierre Lachapelle | 1,410 | 16.92 | |||||
| Team Montreal | Martin Blanc | 1,355 | 16.26 | |||||
| Montreal 2000 | Stéphanie Dubois | 159 | 1.91 | |||||
| Democratic Coalition | Henry See | 111 | 1.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,334 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Official Results, City of Montreal. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Linda Gyulai, "Record-Breaking Lapointe victorious," Montreal Gazette, 27 March 2007, B4.
- ^ Sue Montgomery, "Tremblay gets six new councillors," Montreal Gazette, 13 December 2003, A8.
- ^ Linda Gyulai, "Mayor's party fundraises for campaign," Montreal Gazette, 22 February 2003, A3.
- ^ Martine Frégeau, "Ahuntsic-Cartierville honorera la mémoire de Pierre Lapointe", Courier Ahuntsic/Bordeaux-Cartierville, 15 April 2008, accessed 5 February 2013; André Duchesne, "Les grands disparus de 2008" La Presse, 22 December 2008, accessed 5 February 2013.