Marc Laviolette (born c. 1950s
in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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) was
Mayor of Ottawa
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for much of 1991. He was declared Mayor on 18 February 1991 after
Jim Durrell
James A. Durrell is a Canadian business owner, former politician and president of the Ottawa Senators. He served as Mayor of Ottawa from 1985 to 1991.
Durrell has extensive governance experience and has served on numerous boards including the ...
resigned to become president of the fledgling
Ottawa Senators
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ice hockey team.
Laviolette had been an alderman for the city's By/Rideau ward since 1980.
He sought a second term as Mayor but was defeated by
Jacquelin Holzman
Jacquelin Holzman (born 1935) is a Canadian politician who served as the 55th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1991 to 1997. Before that, she was an Ottawa city councillor from 1982 to 1991.
Early life and advocacy
Holzman was born in Ott ...
in the general city elections in late 1991.
He later worked at
Lower Town
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's
École secondaire publique De La Salle
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It is recognized mainly for its artistic excellence program ...
as an education counsellor. He was also a teacher at De La Salle earlier in his career.
References
1950s births
Living people
Mayors of Ottawa
Ottawa city councillors
Canadian educators
Ottawa-Carleton regional councillors
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