Mary Deros is a municipal politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
22 Facts About Mary Deros
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Mary Deros has represented Parc-Extension on Montreal city council since 1998.
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Originally elected as a member of Vision Montreal, Mary Deros subsequently joined Union Montreal before becoming an independent councillor in December 2012; in June 2013, she reaffiliated with Equipe Denis Coderre and stayed with the party as it was renamed Ensemble Montreal.
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Mary Deros was born in Athens, Greece, to a family of Greek and Armenian heritage.
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Mary Deros moved with her family to Montreal in 1958, when she was seven years old.
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Mary Deros is fluent in Greek, Armenian, French, and English and was a well-known volunteer in Montreal's Park Extension District, before launching her political career.
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Mary Deros was first elected to Montreal city council for the Parc-Extension division in the 1998 municipal election.
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Vision Montreal won a council majority in this election under Mayor Bourque's leadership, and Mary Deros was appointed to the executive committee in November 1998 with responsibility for sports, leisure, social development, and neighbourhoods.
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Mary Deros served on the executive committee of the Montreal Regional Health Board.
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Mary Deros oversaw the conversion of some municipal baseball fields to soccer parks in 2000, arguing that soccer was becoming a more popular sport in the city.
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In September 2000, Mary Deros was appointed as a city representative on the newly formed Montreal Metropolitan Community regional government.
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Mary Deros was re-elected in the 2001 municipal election, in which Vision Montreal was defeated by Gerald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens Union.
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Mary Deros stood down from the executive committee with the rest of the Bourque administration and served as an opposition member.
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In 2007, Mary Deros led a successful campaign to prevent Montreal's historic Park Avenue from being renamed after former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa.
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Mary Deros campaigned for an indoor soccer venue in the same period.
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Mary Deros was re-elected to a fourth term in the 2009 municipal election and was given responsibility for cultural communities following an executive committee shuffle in November 2009.
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Mary Deros continued as a member of the executive committee, keeping responsibility for cultural communities while relinquishing the youth portfolio.
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Mary Deros resigned from Union Montreal on 5 December 2012, saying that she preferred the new mayor's collegial approach to government.
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Mary Deros kept her position on the executive committee after Laurent Blanchard succeeded Applebaum as interim mayor in June 2013.
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The Montreal Gazette reported in February 2003 that Mary Deros was considering a candidacy for the provincial Action democratique du Quebec.
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Mary Deros sought the Quebec Liberal Party nomination for a by-election in Laurier-Dorion the following year, but withdrew from the contest prior to the nomination meeting.
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In 2007, Mary Deros sought the Liberal Party of Canada nomination in Papineau for the next Canadian federal election.