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About Michel Légère
- Michel Légère (b.
- August 10, 1943) is a Quebec lawyer, former civil servant and politician.
- He served as mayor of Hull from 1981 to 1991.Born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Légère studied at the University of Ottawa and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1970.
- He married Monique Lacerte.
- He served in several federal government departments, including Environment Canada, the Privy Council Office and Transport Canada.
- From 1978 to 1981, he practised law.
- In 1979 and again in 1980, he was an unsuccessful New Democratic Party candidate in the Hull federal riding, losing each time to Liberal Gaston Isabelle.
- He was a professor at the University of Ottawa from 1992 to 1993.
- He ran unsuccessfully for the Parti Québécois in the Hull provincial riding in 1994, losing to Liberal Robert LeSage.
- Légère is credited with inspiring the development of the Quebec Route Verte bicycle network and later served as president of Vélo Québec.
- He was president of Gatineau's ombudsman office for five years.
- Légère was named to the Order of Gatineau in 2012.
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