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Sarto Fournier (15 February 1908 – 23 July 1980) was a Canadian politician. He served as mayor of Montreal from 1957 to 1960. Biography. Born in East Broughton, Quebec to a family of Quebecois and Italian-Canadian origin, he graduated in law from McGill University and formally entered law practice in 1938.
Né le 15 février 1908 à East Broughton au Québec, Sarto Fournier est élu député de la circonscription de Maisonneuve—Rosemont à la Chambre des communes du Canada en tant que membre du Parti libéral du Canada lors de l' élection de 1935. Il est réélu au même poste à quatre reprises.
Sarto Fournier was born 15 February 1909 in East-Broughton. He was mayor of Montréal from 1957 to 1960. He died 23 July 1980 in Ottawa. He studied law at McGill University and at the Université de Montréal. He was only 27 when he became the Liberal MP for Maisonneuve-Rosemont.
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The son of Joseph-Napoléon Drapeau and Alberta (Berthe) Martineau, Jean Drapeau was born in Montreal in 1916. His father, an insurance broker, city councillor and election worker for the Union nationale, introduced him to politics. Jean Drapeau studied law at the Université de Montréal. Drapeau was a protégé of nationalist priest Lionel Groulx in t...
Drapeau's profile grew as the result of his role in a public inquiry led by Pacifique Plante into police corruption in the early 1950s. When Camillien Houde retired as mayor of Montreal, Drapeau was well poised to succeed him. Drapeau was elected mayor of Montreal in 1954 at the age of 37, as the candidate of the Civic Action League, on a platform ...
During a public transport strike, Drapeau said:"If bus and metro subway train drivers are not at work tomorrow morning, I will personally drive a metro train. If you want to ensure something gets done, the best way is to do it yourself."[citation needed] Drapeau said "The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby," after announcing...
Sarto Fournier (* 15. Februar 1908 in East Broughton, Québec; † 23. Juli 1980 in Ottawa, Ontario) war ein kanadischer Politiker ( Liberale Partei ). Von 1935 bis 1953 war er Abgeordneter des Unterhauses, danach bis zu seinem Tod Senator.
Feb 7, 2006 · Senator Mark Drouin and Senator Sarto Fournier, former mayor of Montréal, first presented the idea of Montreal hosting Expo 67 to the Bureau International des Expositions in Paris, but that body initially decided that the 1967 world exhibition should be held in Moscow.
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