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About Michel Bellemare
- Michel Bellemare (born July 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician and lawyer.
- Bellemare was a member of the City Council in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1994 to 2010.
- He served as acting as mayor of Ottawa, while mayor Larry O'Brien faced charges from May 2-July 8, 2009 and represented Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in the east end of the city, formerly part of Gloucester.
- Born in Ottawa, Bellemare is the son of former Liberal Member of Parliament Eugene Bellemare, and nephew of MP Jean-Robert Gauthier. A lawyer by training, Bellemare first ran for a seat on the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton council (RMOC) in 1994.
- He was successful, defeating long-standing councillor Fiona Faucher.
- When the RMOC was abolished with the creation of the larger city of Ottawa in 2000, Bellemare was elected to the Ottawa City Council.
- In council, he is one of the strongest proponents of official bilingualism and tax cuts.
- He has also been a longtime opponent of Ottawa's O-Train light rail program and voted for the cancellation of the north-south line extension to Barrhaven which would have been completed and in operation starting in 2009.
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