Jean Doré
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Mayor Jean Doré |
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Jean Doré in 1990
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| 39th Mayor of Montreal | |
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In office 1986–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Drapeau |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Bourque |
| Constituency | Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
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| Born |
12 December 1944 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | 15 June 2015 (aged 70) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM) |
| Spouse(s) | Christiane Sauvé |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
Jean Doré (12 December 1944 – 15 June 2015) was a Canadian politician and mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.
Doré studied law at the Université de Montréal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Master's Degree of Political Science from McGill University. In the early seventies Doré became a founding member of the progressive Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM), also known as Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) in French, where he started as treasurer and eventually became party leader in 1982.
From 1972 to 1975, Doré was director of the Fédération des associations d'économie familiale. He hosted a consumer affairs show on the Radio-Quebec public television network. He was briefly a press attaché for René Lévesque who would later become Premier of Quebec. Prior to his mayoral tenure, Doré worked as a lawyer for the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) - the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU).
In 1982 Doré was selected as the MCM candidate for Mayor of Montreal. He finished second with 36% of the vote, against incumbent Jean Drapeau (48%). Fifteen candidates of the MCM were elected to City Hall. Doré won a by-election in 1984 and became city councillor for the district of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, as well as Leader of the Opposition.
In 1986, Doré won a landslide victory to the mayoral office with 68% of the vote. 55 MCM candidates out of 58 were elected. He was re-elected in 1990 with 59% of the vote.
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