Michael Fainstat
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Michael Fainstat was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.
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[edit] Background
In the early seventies he became a founding member of the progressive Montreal Citizens' Movement, also known as Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) in French.
[edit] City Councillor
He was elected to Montreal's City Council in 1974 against Civic incumbent James Bellin with 17 other RCM candidates and represented the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
He was the only RCM candidate to win a seat in 1978. He was re-elected in the district of La-Confédération in 1982 and 1986.
[edit] Chairman of the Executive Committee
He served as Montreal's Chairman of the Executive Committee from 1986 to 1990.
He was re-elected in the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in 1990, but resigned in 1991. He was succeeded by Democratic Coalition candidate Claudette Demers-Godley on the City Council.
[edit] Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Yvon Lamarre (Civic Party) |
Chairman of the Executive Committee 1986-1990 |
Succeeded by Léa Cousineau (RCM) |
| Preceded by Arnold Bennett (RCM) |
City Councillor, District of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1990-1991 |
Succeeded by Claudette Demers-Godley (Democratic Coalition) |
