Jack H. Chadirdjian is a politician, an attorney, and a
City Councillor in
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada.
City Councillor
He was elected to Montreal's
City Council as a
Vision Montreal
Vision Montreal (french: Vision Montréal or VM) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1994 and dissolved in April 2014. Between 2001 and 2013 it formed the official opposition on Montreal City Council.
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candidate in the district of Darlington in 1994, defeating
RCM incumbent Hubert Simard.
Leader of the Opposition
In 1997, he left
Vision Montreal
Vision Montreal (french: Vision Montréal or VM) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1994 and dissolved in April 2014. Between 2001 and 2013 it formed the official opposition on Montreal City Council.
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and sat as an
Independent. With five other colleagues, he joined
Jacques Duchesneau's ''Nouveau Montréal (New Montreal)'' party and became
Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
.
Nouveau Montréal à l'opposition officielle
, May 26, 1998
Political decline
In 1998 he was defeated by Vision Montreal
Vision Montreal (french: Vision Montréal or VM) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1994 and dissolved in April 2014. Between 2001 and 2013 it formed the official opposition on Montreal City Council.
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candidate Jean Fortier Jean E. Fortier is a Canadians, Canadian politician and was a City Councillor from Montreal, Quebec.
Professional career
Fortier worked in industrial and international financing for the Mercantile Bank, Barclay's, and ABB). He was also a consul ...
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See also
*Vision Montreal Crisis, 1997 The Vision Montreal Crisis of 1997 was a severe political crisis in Montreal, Canada. In January the mayor of Montreal, Pierre Bourque of the Vision Montreal Party, attempted to dismiss two fellow party members from the city's executive committee. ...
Electoral record (incomplete)
Footnotes
Chadirdjian, Jack
Chadirdjian, Jack
Canadian people of Armenian descent
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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