Claude Trudel Explained

Claude Trudel
Birth Date:1942 3, mf=yes
Residence:Montreal, Quebec
Office:Borough mayor for Verdun and Montreal City Councillor
Term Start:January 1, 2002
Term End:December 4, 2012
Predecessor:Position created
Successor:Ginette Marotte
Office2:MNA for Bourget
Term Start2:1985
Term End2:1989
Predecessor2:Camille Laurin
Successor2:Huguette Boucher-Bacon
Party:Quebec Liberal Party (provincial)
Union Montreal (2001-2012)

Claude Trudel (born March 2, 1942) is a Canadian politician. He served as the borough mayor of Verdun in the city of Montreal, Quebec from 2002 to 2012. He was a member of the Union Montreal party.

Career

In 2001, he was elected as a Montreal city councillor as a member of Union Montreal. He was reelected in 2005 as the borough mayor of Verdun. He was named majority leader at city council, and was president of the Société de transport de Montréal. He was reelected as Verdun borough mayor in 2009, following the 2009 Montreal municipal election and quit that post on December 4, 2012, stating that he was disenchanted with the fickle nature of political life in light of the "circus" following former mayor Gérald Tremblay's departure, referring to new Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum and what he called the "betrayal" of his fellow city councillors.

He was named to the Montreal Executive Committee as the person responsible for public safety.

Trudel served as the Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Bourget electoral district from 1985 to 1989.

Education

He studied at Collège Saint-Viateur in Outremont before receiving a law degree from Université de Montréal in 1967. He was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1968. He obtained a master's degree from the London School of Economics in 1969.

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