peoplepill id: marcel-beaudry
MB
Canada
1 views today
1 views this week
Marcel Beaudry
Canadian civil servant

Marcel Beaudry

The basics

Quick Facts

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Marcel Beaudry (November 17, 1933 – November 24, 2012) was a lawyer, politician and public official. He served as mayor of Hull, Quebec (now part of Gatineau) in 1991 and 1992 and as chair of the National Capital Commission from 1992 to 2006.
The son of Léon Beaudry and Rosia Farley, he served as chief crown attorney in Hull from 1960 to 1966. Beaudry was solicitor for the city of Hull and for the Société de transport de l'Outaouais during the 1970s and 1980s.
Beaudry was elected mayor of Hull in 1991 and had served nine months when he was named to the National Capital Commission (NCC) by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. He continued to serve in that position under Prime Ministers Kim Campbell, Jean Chretien (who appointed him to a second term), Paul Martin and Stephen Harper. He retired from the NCC at the end of his second 7-year term. Major projects during his time at the head of the NCC included renovations on the Champlain Bridge and construction of the Canadian War Museum. He is also crediting with making the operations of the NCC more transparent to the public. The redevelopment of the Lebreton Flats area of Ottawa was initiated during Beaudry's time as NCC chair.
Beaudry also served as a member of the Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Quebec, also known as the Bélanger-Campeau Commission.
Beaudry was married to Mona Rivest, who died in 2006. Together they had four children: Jean-Luc, Anne, Charles and François. ,
The Beaudry's were well-known and avid fine art collectors.
Marcel Beaudry died of cancer at the age of 79 in a Montreal hospital.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Marcel Beaudry is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Marcel Beaudry
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes