Pierre DesMarais

Pierre DesMarais was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.

City Councillor[]

He ran for a seat on Montreal's City Council in 1940 and won. He was re-elected in 1942, 1944 and 1947, but did not run for re-election in 1950.

Chairman of the Executive Council[]

He co-founded the Civic Action League in 1951, with other good government activists who were known as the Public Morality Committee. He was re-elected in 1954 and 1957. He served as Chairman of Montreal's Executive Committee during Drapeau's first term as Mayor from 1954 to 1957.

Political Decline[]

In 1960 he lost the support of Jean Drapeau who founded the Civic Party of Montreal and lost his bid for re-election. He also was defeated in the district of Saint-Jacques in 1962.

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