Claude Trudel
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Claude Trudel.jpg
| name = Claude Trudel
| caption = Trudel in 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1942|03|02}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| 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)
| religion =
| occupation =
}}
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.{{QuebecMNAbio|trudel-claude-5625}} 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.
References
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External links
- [http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=2480,2898634&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Ville de Montréal - Claude Trudel]
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Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Category:Montreal city councillors
Category:Université de Montréal alumni
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:People from Verdun, Quebec
Category:20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec