Richer Dompierre

Richer Dompierre
Montreal City Councillor for Louis-Riel ward
In office
2005–2009
Preceded byLyn Thériault
Succeeded byLyn Thériault
Montreal City Councillor for Maisonneuve ward
In office
1998–2005
Preceded byNathalie Malépart
Succeeded byposition abolished

Richer Dompierre (born July 28, 1957) is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 1998 to 2009, initially as a member of Vision Montreal (VM) and later for the rival Union Montreal (UM).

Early life and private career

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Born in Montreal, Dompierre has worked in the printing sector in 1979. In 2010–11, he was the publisher of "Qui est qui du Québec" (English: "Who's who in Quebec").[1]

Councillor

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Dompierre was first elected to the Montreal city council in 1998 as a Vision Montreal candidate in the east-end division of Maisonneuve. VM won a landslide majority in this election under Pierre Bourque's leadership; after the election, Bourque appointed Dompierre as an associate member of the Montreal executive committee (i.e., the municipal cabinet) with responsibility for economic development.[2]

Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) defeated Vision Montreal in the 2001 municipal election. Dompierre was re-elected in Maisonneuve and served as a member of the official opposition; he also became a member of the newly created Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough council. In 2003, he filed a police complaint alleging that fellow Vision Montreal councillor Ivon Le Duc had attacked him during a heated borough council debate over a proposed move of the Jean-Paul Riopelle sculpture La Joute.[3] The chief crown prosecutor confirmed there was enough evidence to charge Le Duc with assault, but ultimately no charges were laid. Le Duc instead took part in a program that allowed for the non-judicial treatment of certain infractions.[4]

Dompierre ran for the redistributed Louis-Riel division in the 2005 municipal election and was narrowly re-elected over fellow councillor Nicolas Tétrault. The electoral office initially showed Tétrault elected by twelve votes, but a more thorough scrutiny confirmed Dompierre as the winner.[5] The following year, Dompierre was the only VM councillor to support an unsuccessful plan to rename Montreal's Park Avenue and Bleury Street area after former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa.[6] He left Vision Montreal to join Tremblay's party (by this time renamed as Union Montreal) in June 2008. In the 2009 municipal election, he was defeated by VM candidate Lyn Thériault.[7]

Provincial politics

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Dompierre ran as a Liberal Party candidate in the 2003 Quebec provincial election in the east-end Montreal division of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. He finished second against Parti Québécois incumbent Louise Harel.

Electoral record

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Municipal
2009 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Louis-Riel
Party Candidate Votes %
Vision Montreal Lyn Thériault 3,784 39.95
Union Montreal Richer Dompierre
(incumbent) 		2,926 30.89
Projet Montréal Michel Bouchard 2,437 25.73
Independent Steve Lamer 255 2.69
Independent Kristian-Andrew Solarik 69 0.73
Total valid votes 9,471 100
Source: Municipal Election Results, 2009, City of Montreal.
2005 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Louis-Riel
Party Candidate Votes %
Vision Montreal (x)Richer Dompierre 3,805 45.36
Montreal Island Citizens Union (x)Nicolas Tétrault 3,755 44.76
Projet Montréal Daniel Archambault 829 9.88
Total valid votes 8,389 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.
2001 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Maisonneuve
Party Candidate Votes %
Vision Montreal (x)Richer Dompierre 5,745 71.88
Montreal Island Citizens Union Nancy Boileau 2,248 28.12
Total valid votes 7,993 100
Source: Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal.
1998 Montreal municipal election: Councillor, Maisonneuve
Party Candidate Votes %
Vision Montreal Richer Dompierre 2,179 47.40
New Montreal Jean Baribeau 1,047 22.78
Montreal Citizens' Movement Jacynthe Simard 719 15.64
Team Montreal Jean Vianney Jutras 652 14.18
Total valid votes 4,597 100.00
Source: Municipal Election Results (1998), City of Montreal
Provincial
2003 Quebec general election: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Louise Harel 13,138 55.77 −4.84
Liberal Richer Dompierre 6,210 26.36 +0.83
Action démocratique Louise Blackburn 2,449 10.40 −1.11
UFP Lise Alarie 788 3.34 –
Bloc Pot Alex Néron 476 2.02 –
Green Daniel Breton 367 1.56 –
Marxist–Leninist Christine Dandenault 79 0.34 −0.28
Christian Democracy Mario Richard 52 0.22 –
Total valid votes 23,559 98.40 –
Total rejected ballots 383 1.60 –
Turnout 23,942 60.09 −7.92
Electors on the lists 39,843 – –
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

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  1. ^ Carole Le Hirez, "Richer Dompierre candidat du PLQ dans Hochelaga-Maisonneuve", macommunaute.ca, accessed 7 November 2011; Biographie: Dompierre, Richer, Qui est qui du Québec, accessed 7 November 2011.
  2. ^ Aaron Derfel, "Mayor taps Fortier as chairman: Executive committee is experienced," Montreal Gazette, 13 November 1998, A3; "MemberWorks Inaugurates It's [sic] New Call Centre - An Investment of $6.7 million creating more than 150 new jobs," Canada NewsWire, 7 June 2000, p. 1.
  3. ^ Graeme Hamilton, "Riopelle sculpture sparks Montreal council dust-up: Moving La Joute," National Post, 29 January 2003, A3.
  4. ^ Linda Gyulai, "Veteran city councillor quits Vision Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 19 February 2003, A7.
  5. ^ Andy Riga, "New winners declared in two boroughs," Montreal Gazette, 9 November 2005, A1.
  6. ^ Linda Gyulai, "Party solidarity ends at Park Ave.", Montreal Gazette, 15 November 2006, A1; Linda Gyulai, "No Walk in the Park," Montreal Gazette, 29 November 2006, A1.
  7. ^ Linda Gyulai, "Experts are divided on benefits to Montreal; Historic moment or contradiction?", Montreal Gazette, 17 March 2008, A3.
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