- Jacques Grenier
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honorific-prefix = Mayor
name = Jacques Grenier
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order = 20th Mayor of Montreal
term_start = 1889
term_end = 1891
constituency = Saint-Jacques
predecessor =John Abbott
successor =James McShane
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birth_date =20 January 1823
birth_place = Berthier-en-Haut,Lower Canada
death_date = death date and age|1909|3|5|1823|1|20
death_place =Montreal ,Quebec ,Canada
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profession = businessman
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footnotes =Jacques Grenier (
20 January 1823 –5 March 1909 ) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He wasmayor of Montreal .Background
He was born in
Berthierville .Provincial
He was the Liberal candidate to the provincial legislature in the district of Montréal-Est in 1878, but lost against
Louis-Olivier Taillon .City Councillor
Grenier was a City Councillor in
Montreal from 1857 to 1860, from 1861 to 1865, from 1872 to 1873 and from 1874 to 1889. He resigned in 1889 to run for Mayor.Mayor of Montreal
He was elected Mayor of Montreal in 1889, was re-elected in 1890, but was defeated in 1891.
External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6755 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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