Noushig Eloyan
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Noushig Eloyan is a Canadian politician and a City Coucillor from Montreal.
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[edit] Background
She was born in Syria immigrating to Canada in 1976. She has Armenian descent.
[edit] Member of the Bourque Administration
In 1994 she ran for a seat on the City Council under the Vision Montreal label in the district of Acadie. She won with 45% of the vote as Pierre Bourque became Mayor of Montreal. She served as Montreal's Chairperson of the Executive Committee from 1994 to 1998. She was re-elected in 1998 with 58% of the vote.
[edit] Leader of the Opposition
Even though Vision Montreal lost the 2001 election, Eloyan managed to win re-election as City Councillor. She ran in the district of Cartierville and received 53% of the vote. She served as Borough Mayor of Ahuntsic-Cartierville until 2005. She was re-elected to the Council with 49% of the ballots in that same year in the district of Bordeaux-Cartierville.
When Bourque retired from politics in May 2006, Eloyan became Leader of the Opposition. [1]
In May 2008, she confirmed her desire to leave her office as Leader of the Opposition in Montreal municipality and was replaced by Mr. Benoit Labonté, mayor of "Ville Marie" in Montreal.
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| Preceded by Léa Cousineau (RCM) |
Chairperson of the Executive Committee 1994-1998 |
Succeeded by Jean Fortier (Vision Montreal) |
