Jacques Legendre (other)
Jacques Legendre may refer to: * Jacques Legendre (Canadian politician), Canadian former Ottawa politician * Jacques Legendre (French politician) Jacques Legendre (born 2 December 1941 in Paris) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Nord department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link ...

Jacques Legendre (Canadian Politician)
Jacques Legendre is a former Ottawa City Councillor and Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor. He represented the Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward on regional council from 1994 until amalgamation in 2001 and continued to serve the ward on city council until 2011. He also represented Overbrook-Forbes Ward on city council from 1991 to 1994. Legendre moved to Ottawa as a teenager in 1955 he attended the University of Ottawa before leaving for McGill University in Montreal where he obtained a PhD in physics. He returned to the capital to work for the National Research Council. A well known volunteer and activist Legendre was elected to Ottawa city council in 1991, defeating longtime city councillor George Kelly in surprise upset. The main issue in the election was the creation of a new baseball stadium in the ward. Kelly had pushed through the project, but Legendre complained that residents were not consulted and that the stadium would cause traffic and noise problems for the area. Once el ...
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