Yves_Ducharme

Yves Ducharme

Yves Ducharme

Former Mayor of Gatineau

Yves Ducharme (born May 29, 1958) is a Canadian politician who was the Mayor of Gatineau from 2002 to 2005 after the city had been merged with its neighbours, part of the supra-organization known as the Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais, and was Mayor of Hull, in the Outaouais region, from 1992 to 2002. He was defeated in an election in 2005 by Marc Bureau[1] and decided to quit municipal politics. He became president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.[2][3]

Quick Facts 19th Mayor of Gatineau, Preceded by ...

He entered municipal politics in 1986, when he was elected as the city councillor for the Mont-Bleu District of the then-City of Hull until being elected mayor in 1992. He served as mayor until 2001, when Hull was forced to merge with the surrounding cities of Gatineau, Aylmer, Buckingham and Masson-Angers. The bigger city was named Gatineau, and Ducharme became its first mayor in 2002 after beating Gatineau's former mayor Robert Labine in the election. In 2005, he lost re-election to first-time candidate, city councillor Marc Bureau, who won 68% of the vote in an election in which the participation rate was 47,3%.

Electoral record

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Honours

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Order of the Aztec Eagle (Venera)
  • August 10, 2006: Ducharme was awarded the honour in recognition of his efforts to strengthen Canada–Mexico relations and his assistance in the founding UNAM Gatineau.[5]

Notes

  1. The difference is taken from the result of the 1999 Gatineau mayoral election, which was before amalgamation.

References

  1. [1]
    Dugas, Clermont; Simard, Majella (December 7, 2005). "Une évolution économique différenciée". In Venne, Michel (ed.). L'annuaire du Québec 2006 (in French). Les Editions Fides. p. 587. ISBN 978-2-7621-2646-4. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Yves Ducharme". Couchiching Summer Conference 2002. 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  3. [3]
    "PM to promise gas tax revenue for cities: report". CTV. Canadian Press. May 27, 2004. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Ville de Gatineau (2002- ) – Élection du 4 novembre 2001" (PDF) (in Canadian French). City of Gatineau. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Diario Oficial de la Federación - ACUERDO por el que se otorga al señor Yves Ducharme, la Condecoración de la Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca en el grado de Venera" (PDF) (in Mexican Spanish). Orden Jurídico Nacional. August 10, 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2024.

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