Jean Doré

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Jean Doré (born December 12, 1944) is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec. After losing an election in 1982, he was elected to Montreal City Council in a 1984 by-election. He was first elected Mayor in 1986, and served until 1994. Prior to his mayoral tenure, Dore worked as a lawyer for the Confederation des syndicats nationaux (CSN) - the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU).

Doré studied law at the University of Montreal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Political Science masters degree from McGill University. From 1972 to 1975 Mr. 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 Réné Levesque who would later become Premier of the Province of Québec.

In the early seventies Doré became a founding member of the progressiveRassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM),in English, the Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM) where he started as treasurer and eventually became party leader. In 1986, he succeeded Jean Drapeau as mayor of Montreal, winning a second term in 1990. As mayor, he oversaw the renewal of the Old Port and the parks and beaches of Ile Ste-Hélène. He also inaugurated Berri Square (Place Émilie-Gamelin), Place Charles de Gaulle and the archaeology museum at Pointe à Caillière.

During his administration, the fist public commissions of City Council were established and the City's first Master Urban Plan was adopted.

However, he was also criticized for an ineffective style of government, including lax policies toward city employees, as well as an unwillingness to pay down the massive debt left by the projects of former mayor Jean Drapeau. As well, some left-wing members of his party resigned to form the Coalition démocratique de Montréal (CDM) - Democratic Coalition of Montreal (DCM).

In 1994 Doré was defeated by Pierre Bourque, and again when he ran for re-election in 1998, this time against the RCM with a new party. He currently works as an executive for Desjardins.