Rocco Alexander Luccisano (April 30, 1919 – October 11, 2008) was a politician in
Montreal
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,
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,
Canada
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. He was a member of the
Montreal city council from 1970 to 1986, serving as a member of
mayor
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Jean Drapeau's
Civic Party
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Councillor
Luccisano first ran for the Montreal city council in December 1968, in elections held after the municipality of
Saint-Michel was annexed to Montreal. He was defeated, but ran again in the
1970 municipal election and won election for Saint-Michel's first ward. The latter election took place against the backdrop of the
FLQ crisis
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.
Luccisano was re-elected in
1974,
1978, and
1982. He sought election for a fifth term in
1986
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and lost to
Montreal Citizens' Movement
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Origins
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candidate
Frank Venneri
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Death
Luccisano died of heart failure in October 2008, after a five-month struggle with lung disease.
["Deaths," ''Montreal Gazette'', 14 October 2008, B5.]
Electoral record
References
1919 births
2008 deaths
Canadian people of Italian descent
Montreal city councillors
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