Russell Copeman (born April 1, 1960) is a

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politician. He was a Montreal City Councillor and was the borough mayor for Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace from November 14, 2013 to November 16, 2017. He also sat on the

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, and was responsible for housing, urban planning, buildings, real estate transactions and strategies, and the Office of Public Consultation. He was the

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Member of the

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(MNA) representing the riding of

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from 1994 to 2008.

Education

Born in

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, Copeman graduated from

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and received a

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with honours in political science from

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in 1983. While at McGill, in 1982 he was the Prime Minister of the Parlement Jeunesse du Québec, then known as the ''Quebec Youth Parliament''. He attended Concordia University in 1984 where he pursued graduate studies in public administration.

Provincial politics

From 1986 to 1988, he was the Assistant Director of the Education Program, Director of Social Affairs and Director of the Education Program for

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. In 1989, he was the political aide to the Minister of Energy and Resources. From 1989 to 1991, he was the Quebec Liberal Party coordinator and from 1991 to 1994 he was the constituency assistant to former Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa. In the 1994 election, he was elected to the National Assembly in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. He was re-elected in the

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, 2003 and 2007 elections. He was chair of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs from June 2003 to February 2007. He was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Social Services. Active in National Assembly relations with the United States he was the 2007 Chairman of the Council of State Government's Eastern Regional Conference. Copeman resigned on October 22, 2008 after accepting a job as Associate Vice-President at Concordia University.

Montreal municipal politics

Copeman ran as a candidate for Coalition Montréal as part of the November 3, 2013 municipal election and was elected to Montreal City Council as borough mayor of

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (, ) is a borough (''arrondissement'') of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The borough was created following the 2002 municipal reorganization of Montreal. It comprises two main neighbourhoods, Côte-des-Neiges ...

. On November 18, 2013, he was appointed to the

by Mayor Denis Coderre, on which he is responsible for housing, urban planning, buildings, real estate transactions and strategies, and the Office of Public Consultation. In November 2016, Copeman became a part of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal.

Personal life

He is married and has three children.

Electoral record (partial)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Copeman, Russell 1960 births Living people Jewish mayors of places in Canada McGill University alumni Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Anglophone Quebec people Concordia University alumni Montreal city councillors 21st-century Canadian politicians