Dominic Perri
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Dominic Perri is a politician in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. He has served on the Montreal city council
since 2001 as a member of mayor
Gérald Tremblay
's Union Montreal
party, formerly known as the Montreal Island Citizens' Union. He was previously was a member of the Saint-Leonard city council and chair of the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer
.
degree and a Master's degree
. He is a high-school science teacher in private life.
as a candidate of mayor Antonio di Ciocco
's Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard
. The party fragmented after Di Ciocco's death in 1984, and Perri joined the Ralliement de Saint-Léonard
under successor mayor Raymond Renaud
. He considered running for mayor of Saint-Leonard in 1986, saying that he had been approached by local politicians such as Michel Bissonnet
. When Renaud announced that he would seek another term, however, Perri decided against challenging him and was instead re-elected to council.
In 1988, Perri joined with Frank Zampino
and six other Saint-Leonard councillors in resigning from Renaud's party. Charging that Renaud's administration was undemocratic, the rebels established new municipal committees to oversee policy and increase civic participation in government. The group coalesced as the Parti municipal
, and Perri was re-elected under its banner in 1990, 1994, and 1998.
and re-elected in 1983
. He became chair of the board in 1984, succeeding Alfonso Gagliano, who had been elected to the Canadian House of Commons
.
Language issues
Perri welcomed the creation of an English-language educational services department in early 1985, saying that it would permit the board's anglophone students to access a full range of services. A single department had previously overseen both French and English services. Later in the year, Perri announced that his board would start providing recreational and crafts services in English.
Perri supported measures to increase bilingualism among his board's students. He promoted a voluntary pilot project for francophone students to receive English-language instruction as early as the first grade. He also oversaw an expansion in French-language education for anglophone students, saying, "I'd like our kids coming out of English school completely bilingual."
Perri opposed efforts to replace Quebec's denominational school system with a language-based system, arguing that the shift would be detrimental to English schools.
Other issues
In 1985, Perri supported a plan to shift 450 French-sector seventh grade students to a local comprehensive school in order to create space for an equal number of younger students. Some parents opposed this plan, arguing that the comprehensive school was too large and that the seventh graders would be exposed to the bad habits of older students. As a compromise, the board proposed constructing a wall that would divide the comprehensive school into two units; it was refused permission to do this by the province's education department. The student transfer ultimately did not take place.
After 1987
When running for re-election in 1987
, Perri called for an increased focus on English, French, maths, and sciences, and a reduction in the number of elective courses. His political partnership with fellow commissioner Joe Morselli
dissolved during the election, and, although Perri was himself re-elected, only one other member of his governing alliance was returned to the board. The new board chose Morselli to succeed Perri as chair and discontinued Perri's pilot project of teaching English to first-grade francophone students.
Perri was re-elected to the board in 1990
and 1994
.
as a candidate of Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens' Union and was re-elected in 2005
and 2009
. He has served on the board of the Montreal Transit Corporation and has chaired its subsidiary, Transgesco LP, since its creation.
By virtue of serving on the Montreal city council, Perri also serves on the Saint-Leonard borough council
. He chaired the borough's planning advisory committee from 2002 until 2010. In 2005, he introduced a motion for Saint-Leonard to ban pit bull
dogs. He also initiated a ban on wood burning in Montreal which led to a municipal bylaw forbidding wood burning in new contructions.
candidate Massimo Pacetti
in a 2002 federal by-election.
School commission
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He has served on the Montreal city council
Montreal City Council
The Montreal City Council is the governing body of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the City Council. The mayor is Gérald Tremblay, who is a member of the Union des citoyens et des citoyennes de l'Île de Montréal...
since 2001 as a member of mayor
Mayor of Montreal
The Mayor of Montreal is head of the executive branch of Montreal City Council.The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and provincial laws within Montreal....
Gérald Tremblay
Gérald Tremblay
Gérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...
's Union Montreal
Union Montreal
Union Montreal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It currently governs Montreal's city government.-Origins:It was established as the Montreal Island Citizens Union in the aftermath of the province-wide municipal merger of 2001 and not long before the municipal election...
party, formerly known as the Montreal Island Citizens' Union. He was previously was a member of the Saint-Leonard city council and chair of the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer
Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer
The Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer is a former school board that was located in the east end of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was abolished by the government of Quebec on July 1, 1998, as part of a general transition from school boards representing religious communities to those representing...
.
Private career
Perri holds a Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree and a Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
. He is a high-school science teacher in private life.
Saint-Leonard city councillor
Perri was elected for Saint-Leonard's sixth council district in the 1982 municipal electionMontreal municipal election, 1982
The 1982 Montreal municipal election took place on November 14, 1982, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected for what turned out to be his final term in office, defeating challenger Jean Doré.Elections were also held in...
as a candidate of mayor Antonio di Ciocco
Antonio di Ciocco
Antonio di Ciocco was a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served as mayor of the suburban community of Saint-Leonard from 1981 to 1984....
's Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard
Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard
The Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard was a political party based in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
. The party fragmented after Di Ciocco's death in 1984, and Perri joined the Ralliement de Saint-Léonard
Ralliement de Saint-Léonard
The Ralliement de Saint-Léonard is a former political party in Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada. The RdSL existed prior to Saint-Leonard's amalgamation into Montreal and dominated the city's political life in the mid-1980s.-Rise to political dominance:...
under successor mayor Raymond Renaud
Raymond Renaud
Raymond Renaud was a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was mayor of the suburban community of Saint-Leonard from 1984 to 1990, leading the municipal Ralliement de Saint-Léonard party.-Councillor:...
. He considered running for mayor of Saint-Leonard in 1986, saying that he had been approached by local politicians such as Michel Bissonnet
Michel Bissonnet
Michel Bissonnet, MNA is a Canadian politician who served as Liberal member and President of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Background:...
. When Renaud announced that he would seek another term, however, Perri decided against challenging him and was instead re-elected to council.
In 1988, Perri joined with Frank Zampino
Frank Zampino
Frank Zampino is a Montreal politician and a chartered accountant. He served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal and the city's second-ranking official...
and six other Saint-Leonard councillors in resigning from Renaud's party. Charging that Renaud's administration was undemocratic, the rebels established new municipal committees to oversee policy and increase civic participation in government. The group coalesced as the Parti municipal
Parti Municipal (Saint-Léonard)
The Parti Municipal was a political party that existed from 1990 to 2001 in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
, and Perri was re-elected under its banner in 1990, 1994, and 1998.
School board commissioner
Perri was elected to the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer in 1980Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer election, 1980
Elections for trustee positions on the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer, in the Canadian province of Quebec, were held on June 10, 1980.-Results:Source: Montreal Gazette, 11 June 1980, p. 118....
and re-elected in 1983
Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer election, 1983
Elections for trustee positions on the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer, in the Canadian province of Quebec, were held on 13 June 1983.-Results:Source: Montreal Gazette, 14 June 1983, A4.\-post-election changes:...
. He became chair of the board in 1984, succeeding Alfonso Gagliano, who had been elected to the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
.
Language issues
Perri welcomed the creation of an English-language educational services department in early 1985, saying that it would permit the board's anglophone students to access a full range of services. A single department had previously overseen both French and English services. Later in the year, Perri announced that his board would start providing recreational and crafts services in English.
Perri supported measures to increase bilingualism among his board's students. He promoted a voluntary pilot project for francophone students to receive English-language instruction as early as the first grade. He also oversaw an expansion in French-language education for anglophone students, saying, "I'd like our kids coming out of English school completely bilingual."
Perri opposed efforts to replace Quebec's denominational school system with a language-based system, arguing that the shift would be detrimental to English schools.
Other issues
In 1985, Perri supported a plan to shift 450 French-sector seventh grade students to a local comprehensive school in order to create space for an equal number of younger students. Some parents opposed this plan, arguing that the comprehensive school was too large and that the seventh graders would be exposed to the bad habits of older students. As a compromise, the board proposed constructing a wall that would divide the comprehensive school into two units; it was refused permission to do this by the province's education department. The student transfer ultimately did not take place.
After 1987
When running for re-election in 1987
Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer election, 1987
Elections for trustee positions on the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer, in the Canadian province of Quebec, were held in November 1987.-Results:...
, Perri called for an increased focus on English, French, maths, and sciences, and a reduction in the number of elective courses. His political partnership with fellow commissioner Joe Morselli
Joe Morselli
Giuseppe Morselli was a Quebec businessman who owned a successful cafeteria enterprise and was a major fundraiser for the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec. He was implicated as being one of the key players in the sponsorship scandal...
dissolved during the election, and, although Perri was himself re-elected, only one other member of his governing alliance was returned to the board. The new board chose Morselli to succeed Perri as chair and discontinued Perri's pilot project of teaching English to first-grade francophone students.
Perri was re-elected to the board in 1990
Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer election, 1990
Elections for trustee positions on the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer, in the Canadian province of Quebec, were held in November 1990.-Results:The following candidates were elected:*District 1: Johanne Lorrain*District 2: Gilles Dion...
and 1994
Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer election, 1994
Elections for trustee positions on the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer, in the Canadian province of Quebec, were held in November 1994.-Results:...
.
Montreal city councillor
Saint-Leonard was amalgamated into the City of Montreal in 2001. Perri was elected to the Montreal city council in that year's municipal electionMontreal municipal election, 2001
The 2001 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gérald Tremblay defeated incumbent Pierre Bourque to become mayor of the newly amalgamated city....
as a candidate of Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens' Union and was re-elected in 2005
Montreal municipal election, 2005
The 2005 Montreal municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a city mayor, borough mayors, city councillors, and borough councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
and 2009
Montreal municipal election, 2009
The city of Montreal, Quebec, held a municipal election at the same time as numerous other municipalities in Quebec, on November 1, 2009. Voters elected the Mayor of Montreal, Montreal City Council, and the mayors and councils of each of the city's boroughs....
. He has served on the board of the Montreal Transit Corporation and has chaired its subsidiary, Transgesco LP, since its creation.
By virtue of serving on the Montreal city council, Perri also serves on the Saint-Leonard borough council
Saint-Leonard borough council
The Saint-Leonard borough council is the local governing body of Saint-Leonard, a borough in the City of Montreal. The council consists of five members: the borough mayor , two Montreal councillors elected for Saint-Leonard's electoral districts, and two borough councillors.The borough council,...
. He chaired the borough's planning advisory committee from 2002 until 2010. In 2005, he introduced a motion for Saint-Leonard to ban pit bull
Pit bull
A Pit bull is any of several breeds of dog in the molosser breed group.Many jurisdictions that restrict pit bulls, including Ontario, Canada,, Miami, Florida, U.S...
dogs. He also initiated a ban on wood burning in Montreal which led to a municipal bylaw forbidding wood burning in new contructions.
Federal politics
Perri campaigned with Liberal PartyLiberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
candidate Massimo Pacetti
Massimo Pacetti
Massimo Pacetti is a Canadian politician from Quebec, Canada. Pacetti has served in the Canadian House of Commons since winning a 2002 by-election in the riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel...
in a 2002 federal by-election.
Electoral record
City councilSchool commission