Frank Venneri
| Frank Venneri | |
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Montreal City Councillor for the François-Perrault ward (known as the Jean-Rivard ward from 2001 to 2009) |
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In office 2001–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Nicole Roy-Arcelin |
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In office 1998–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Vittorio Capparelli |
| Succeeded by | ward redistributed |
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In office 1986–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Rocco Luccisano |
| Succeeded by | Vittorio Capparelli |
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Montreal Citizens' Movement (1986-1989) Montreal Municipal Party (1989-1992) Civic Party of Montreal (1992-1994) Montrealers' Party (1994-1995) Vision Montreal(1998-2003) Union Montreal (2003-2012) Independent (2012-) |
Frank Venneri is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 1986 to 1990, was re-elected in 1998, and has been returned to council in every election since then. Venneri is an independent councillor.
Venneri owned a hairstyling salon for over two decades before his election to city council and served as president of the Saint-Michel Optimist Club. He owned a men's hairstyling salon during his time out of council in the 1990s. In 1995, he spoke against a proposed municipal by-law to permit hair salons in private homes.
Venneri was first elected to council in 1986 municipal election for the east-end François-Perrault division. Running for the progressive Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM), he defeated incumbent councillor Rocco Luccisano of Civic Party of Montreal (CPM). The MCM won a landslide victory in this election under Jean Doré's leadership. Venneri was initially a backbench supporter of the Doré administration and served as a city representative on the regional Montreal Urban Community.
In 1987, Venneri spoke against Miron Inc.'s plans to continue operating a cement-mixing business near his ward that had long been subject to complaints about noise, pollution, and heavy traffic. Miron's original quarry site had been purchased by the city in 1984 and shut down, but, due to an administrative error, the company later received a permit to build a new factory in the same area. The Montreal executive committee later revoked Miron's permit, but Venneri charged that the company did not immediately comply with this decision. The city was ultimately able to take over the site without incident, and the quarry was demolished a year later.
Venneri ran as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the 1988 Canadian federal election in the division of Papineau—Saint-Michel. As the MCM's constitution prevented party members from running for other parties (at any level of government), he was required to resign from caucus and sit as an independent councillor. Some political pundits believed that Venneri could win election to the Canadian House of Commons, but he ultimately finished second against Liberal incumbent André Ouellet.
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