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Jean Drapeau
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Jean Drapeau CC GOQ (February 18, 1916 – August 12, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and from 1960 to 1986.
Quotes
The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.
Quoted in Why Chicago didn’t want the Olympics, by Edward McClelland
Let Toronto become Milan. Montreal will always be Rome.
Quoted in House Beautiful, vol.133, p. 216
What the masses want are monuments.
Quoted in We need politically incorrect mayors by Victor Schukov, West Island Gazette, Saturday, December 3, 2011
External links
Category:Lawyers from Canada
Category:Mayors of Montreal
Category:1999 deaths
Category:Politicians from Canada