Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician)
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J. Pierre Benoit was mayor of Ottawa
from 1972 to 1974. He was a lawyer by career.
Benoit studied law at the University of Ottawa
and played Canadian football
with the Ottawa Gee-Gees from 1957 to 1961. He then practised law in the Ottawa area. He was mayor during the opening of the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library
in 1974. After his term as mayor, he was a columnist for the Ottawa Journal
. He later worked with Campeau Corporation
in commercial and residential development. Later he served as an excutive with VMS Realty Partners in Chicago, IL following which he embarked on a career as a corporate turnaround specialist.
He unsuccessfully contested an Ontario by-election on 7 November 1974 in the Carleton East
provincial electoral district
as a Progressive Conservative candidate.
On April 18, 2008, he was inducted into the Gee-Gees Hall of Fame as a two-way All-Star.
One of his nieces is radio journalist Avril Benoît
.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
from 1972 to 1974. He was a lawyer by career.
Benoit studied law at the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
and played Canadian football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
with the Ottawa Gee-Gees from 1957 to 1961. He then practised law in the Ottawa area. He was mayor during the opening of the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library
Ottawa Public Library
The Ottawa Public Library is the library system of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is the largest bilingual library in North America...
in 1974. After his term as mayor, he was a columnist for the Ottawa Journal
Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal was a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Ottawa, Ontario from 1885 to 1980.It was founded in 1885 by A. Woodburn as the Ottawa Evening Journal. Its first editor was John Wesley Dafoe who came from the Winnipeg Free Press. In 1886, it was bought by Philip Dansken Ross.The...
. He later worked with Campeau Corporation
Campeau Corporation
Campeau Corporation was a Canadian real estate development and investment company founded by entrepreneur Robert Campeau. It was infamous from its ultimately unsuccessful acquisitions of American department store holding companies Allied Stores in 1986 and Federated Department Stores in 1988...
in commercial and residential development. Later he served as an excutive with VMS Realty Partners in Chicago, IL following which he embarked on a career as a corporate turnaround specialist.
He unsuccessfully contested an Ontario by-election on 7 November 1974 in the Carleton East
Carleton East
Carleton East was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1967 election and was abolished in 1998 into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier....
provincial electoral district
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...
as a Progressive Conservative candidate.
On April 18, 2008, he was inducted into the Gee-Gees Hall of Fame as a two-way All-Star.
One of his nieces is radio journalist Avril Benoît
Avril Benoît
Avril Benoît is a Canadian broadcaster best known for her radio programmes and documentaries on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2006, after two decades in journalism, she left the CBC to join Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders Canada as director of communications...
.