Mary Deros
| Mary Deros | |
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| Member of the Montreal Executive Committee responsible for cultural communities | |
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Assumed office November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Marie-Andrée Beaudoin |
| Member of the Montreal Executive Committee responsible for youth | |
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In office April 2011 – November 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Émilie Thuillier |
| Member of the Montreal Executive Committee responsible for community, social development, and families | |
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In office January 2009 – November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Marcel Tremblay |
| Succeeded by | Lyn Thériault |
| Member of the Montreal Executive Committee responsible for sports, recreation, social development, and neighbourhoods | |
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In office 1998–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Lemay (until 1997) |
| Succeeded by | Cosmo Maciocia (sports and recreation), Louise O'Sullivan (social development) |
| Montreal City Councillor for Parc-Extension Ward | |
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Assumed office 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Konstantinos Georgoulis |
| Personal details | |
| Political party |
Vision Montreal (1998-2007) Union Montreal (2007-2012) Independent (2012-2013) Équipe Denis Coderre (2013-present) |
Mary Deros is a municipal politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has represented Parc-Extension on Montreal city council since 1998.
Deros serves on the Montreal executive committee in Michael Applebaum's administration with responsibility for cultural communities. She was previously an executive committee member in the administrations of Pierre Bourque and Gérald Tremblay. Originally elected as a member of Vision Montreal, Deros subsequently joined Union Montreal before becoming an independent councillor in December 2012; in June 2013, she reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.
Deros was born in Athens, Greece, to a family of Greek and Armenian heritage. During the Armenian genocide, her father escaped Turkey to live on the Greek island of Samos. She moved with her family to Montreal in 1958, when she was seven years old. She is fluent in Greek, French, and English and was a well-known volunteer in Montreal's Greek community before launching her political career.
Deros was first elected to Montreal city council for the Parc-Extension division in the 1998 municipal election. Vision Montreal won a council majority in this election under Mayor Bourque's leadership, and Deros was appointed to the executive committee in November 1998 with responsibility for sports, leisure, social development, and neighbourhoods. She also served on the executive committee of the Montreal Regional Health Board. She oversaw the conversion of some municipal baseball fields to soccer parks in 2000, arguing that soccer was becoming a more popular sport in the city. In 2001, she played a major role in organizing Montreal's Greek Independence Day parade.
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