Dominique Ollivier
Dominique Ollivier | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Montreal Executive Committee | |
| In office November 7, 2021 – November 13, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Benoit Dorais |
| Succeeded by | Luc Rabouin |
| Montreal City Councillor for Vieux-Rosemont | |
| Assumed office November 7, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Gosselin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 Haiti |
| Political party | Projet Montreal |
| Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Dominique Ollivier (born 1964) is a Canadian politician. She was chair of the Montreal Executive Committee between the 2021 Montreal municipal election and 13 November 2023, and is a councillor in the Vieux-Rosemont district of the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough.
Biography
[edit]Dominique Ollivier is the daughter of writer, sociologist and professor Émile Ollivier and Marie-Josée Glémaux. Her parents fled François Duvalier's regime,[1] arriving in Amos, in Abitibi, in 1966 when Dominique was two, and moving to Montreal in 1968.[2]
Education and career
[edit]Ollivier holds a master's degree in engineering from Polytechnique Montréal and a master's degree in public administration from the École nationale d'administration publique.[3] In the early 1990s, she founded Images Interculturelles and a related magazine, the Revue Images, which she edited with Alix Laurent and which was distributed as an insert to Le Devoir.[4] From 1995 to 2001, she held a number of positions in ministerial cabinets in the Quebec government and for social organizations.[5]
In the 1998 Montreal municipal election, Ollivier was a candidate for former mayor Jean Doré's new party, Équipe Montréal, in the Pointe-Sainte-Charles district. She obtained 10.3% of the vote and was defeated by the incumbent city councillor, independent Marcel Sévigny.[6]
From 2001 to 2006, Ollivier worked in the office of Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe.[5] In August 2004, in the lead-up to the by-election in the riding of Gouin, she lost the Parti Québécois nomination to future MNA Nicolas Girard.[2]
From 2006 to 2011, Ollivier was managing director of the Institut de coopération pour l'éducation des adultes (ICEA).[3]
From February 2009 to September 2014, Ollivier held the position of ad hoc commissioner of the Office de consultation publique de Montréal, then became its president on September 15, 2014,[5] a position she held until September 9, 2021.[3]
City councillor
[edit]In 2021, Ollivier ran for city councillor for the Projet Montréal party in the Vieux-Rosemont district of the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough. She was elected with 70.7% of the vote.[7]
Chair of the Montréal Executive Committee
[edit]Following the 2021 Montreal municipal election, Ollivier became chair of the Montreal Executive Committee. She is the fourth woman and first black woman to hold this position.[8] She resigned on 13 November 2023.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Émile Ollivier :: Biographie". archives.umontreal.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ a b Dussault, Lila (2021-11-08). "Dominique Ollivier | L'engagement d'une vie". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ a b c "Des idées. Une vision. Pour aujourd'hui et pour demain". Projet Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ Potvin, Maryse (2000). Racisme et citoyenneté chez les jeunes Québécois de la deuxième génération haïtienne. Thématique Sciences sociales. pp. 185–225. doi:10.2307/j.ctv69tbkb.12. ISBN 979-10-365-1376-3.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ a b c "Dominique Ollivier". OCPM. 2015-12-14. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ "Résultats électoraux 1833-2005" (PDF). Ville de Montréal (in French). 2006-05-18. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ Tani-Moore, Emmanuel. "Rapport officiel du recensement des votes après les nouveaux dépouillements à la Cour du Québec | Scrutin du 7 novembre 2021" (PDF). Élections Montréal (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ Ouellette-Vézina, Henri; Krol, Ariane (2021-11-08). "Dominique Ollivier élue avec Valérie Plante | « On avait rendez-vous avec l'histoire »". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ Gyulai, Linda (13 November 2023). "Dominique Ollivier resigns from Montreal executive committee, remains councillor". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
External links
[edit]- Dominique Ollivier on the Projet Montréal website