J.-Omer Asselin was a Canadian politician and a City Council

City council

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lor in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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City Councillor

He ran for a seat on Montreal's City Council

City council

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 in 1940 and won. He was re-elected in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1954 and 1957.

Chairman of the Executive Council

He served as Chairman of Montreal's Executive Committee during Adhémar Raynault

Adhémar Raynault

Adhémar Raynault was a Canadian politician and a Mayor of Montreal.-City Politics:He was a City Councillor for the district of Préfontaine from 1934 to 1936. He also served as Mayor from 1936 to 1938, and from 1940 to 1944...

's and Camillien Houde

Camillien Houde

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's tenures as mayors

Mayor of Montreal

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 from 1940 to 1954. He did not run for re-election in 1960.