Richer Dompierre
Richer Dompierre (born July 28, 1957) is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 1998 to 2009, initially as a member of Vision Montreal (VM) and later for the rival Union Montreal (UM).
Richer Dompierre | |
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| Montreal City Councillor for Louis-Riel ward | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Lyn Thériault |
| Succeeded by | Lyn Thériault |
| Montreal City Councillor for Maisonneuve ward | |
| In office 1998–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Nathalie Malépart |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
Early life and private career
Born in Montreal, Dompierre has worked in the printing sector in 1979. In 2010–11, he was the publisher of "Qui est qui du Québec" (English: "Who's who in Quebec").[1]
Councillor
Dompierre was first elected to the Montreal city council in 1998 as a Vision Montreal candidate in the east-end division of Maisonneuve. VM won a landslide majority in this election under Pierre Bourque's leadership; after the election, Bourque appointed Dompierre as an associate member of the Montreal executive committee (i.e., the municipal cabinet) with responsibility for economic development.[2]
Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) defeated Vision Montreal in the 2001 municipal election. Dompierre was re-elected in Maisonneuve and served as a member of the official opposition; he also became a member of the newly created Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough council. In 2003, he filed a police complaint alleging that fellow Vision Montreal councillor Ivon Le Duc had attacked him during a heated borough council debate over a proposed move of the Jean-Paul Riopelle sculpture La Joute.[3] The chief crown prosecutor confirmed there was enough evidence to charge Le Duc with assault, but ultimately no charges were laid. Le Duc instead took part in a program that allowed for the non-judicial treatment of certain infractions.[4]
Dompierre ran for the redistributed Louis-Riel division in the 2005 municipal election and was narrowly re-elected over fellow councillor Nicolas Tétrault. The electoral office initially showed Tétrault elected by twelve votes, but a more thorough scrutiny confirmed Dompierre as the winner.[5] The following year, Dompierre was the only VM councillor to support an unsuccessful plan to rename Montreal's Park Avenue and Bleury Street area after former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa.[6] He left Vision Montreal to join Tremblay's party (by this time renamed as Union Montreal) in June 2008. In the 2009 municipal election, he was defeated by VM candidate Lyn Thériault.[7]
Provincial politics
Dompierre ran as a Liberal Party candidate in the 2003 Quebec provincial election in the east-end Montreal division of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. He finished second against Parti Québécois incumbent Louise Harel.
Electoral record
- Municipal
2009 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Louis-Riel
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2005 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Louis-Riel
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2001 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Maisonneuve
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1998 Montreal municipal election results: Councillor, Maisonneuve
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- Provincial
| 2003 Quebec general election: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Louise Harel | 13,138 | 55.77 | −4.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Richer Dompierre | 6,210 | 26.36 | +0.83 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Louise Blackburn | 2,449 | 10.40 | −1.11 | ||||
| UFP | Lise Alarie | 788 | 3.34 | – | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Alex Néron | 476 | 2.02 | – | ||||
| Green | Daniel Breton | 367 | 1.56 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 79 | 0.34 | −0.28 | ||||
| Christian Democracy | Mario Richard | 52 | 0.22 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,559 | 98.40 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 383 | 1.60 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 23,942 | 60.09 | −7.92 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,843 | – | – | |||||
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. | ||||||||
References
- Carole Le Hirez, "Richer Dompierre candidat du PLQ dans Hochelaga-Maisonneuve", macommunaute.ca, accessed 7 November 2011; Biographie: Dompierre, Richer, Qui est qui du Québec, accessed 7 November 2011.
- Aaron Derfel, "Mayor taps Fortier as chairman: Executive committee is experienced," Montreal Gazette, 13 November 1998, A3; "MemberWorks Inaugurates It's [sic] New Call Centre - An Investment of $6.7 million creating more than 150 new jobs," Canada NewsWire, 7 June 2000, p. 1.
- Graeme Hamilton, "Riopelle sculpture sparks Montreal council dust-up: Moving La Joute," National Post, 29 January 2003, A3.
- Linda Gyulai, "Veteran city councillor quits Vision Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 19 February 2003, A7.
- Andy Riga, "New winners declared in two boroughs," Montreal Gazette, 9 November 2005, A1.
- Linda Gyulai, "Party solidarity ends at Park Ave.", Montreal Gazette, 15 November 2006, A1; Linda Gyulai, "No Walk in the Park," Montreal Gazette, 29 November 2006, A1.
- Linda Gyulai, "Experts are divided on benefits to Montreal; Historic moment or contradiction?", Montreal Gazette, 17 March 2008, A3.