Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician)

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Pierre Benoit (born ca. 1939^[1]) was mayor of Ottawa from 1972 to 1974. He was a lawyer by career.

Benoit studied law at the University of Ottawa and practiced in the Ottawa area. He was mayor during the opening of the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library in 1974. After his term as mayor, he was a columnist for the Ottawa Journal. He later worked with Campeau Corporation in commercial and residential development. Later he served as an excutive with VMS Realty Partners in Chicago, IL following which he embarked on a career as a corporate turnaround specialist.

He unsuccessfully contested an Ontario by-election on 7 November 1974 in the Carleton East provincial electoral district as a Progressive Conservative candidate.

One of his nieces is radio journalist Avril Benoît.^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Young man with ideas (editorial)", The Globe and Mail, 26 April 1972, p. 6., Benoit was indicated as age 33 at this time
^ Benoit, Avril. "Politics fun? Who'd have guessed it", The Globe and Mail, 30 September 2000, p. A9.

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Preceded by Kenneth H. Fogarty	Mayor of Ottawa 1972-1974	Succeeded by Lorry Greenberg
Preceded by Don Kay and Pat Foherty (Gloucester Ward)	City councillors from Alta Vista Ward 1966-1969 with Don Kay	Succeeded by Don Kay and Jeffrey King