Dominique Ollivier
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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 | |
| In office November 7, 2021 – November 2, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Gosselin |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Demers-Dubé |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Party | Projet Montreal |
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 was a councillor in the Vieux-Rosemont district of the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough.
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
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
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]