About Joseph-Napoléon Drapeau
Joseph-Napoléon Drapeau was a Canadian politician.
Joseph-Napoléon Drapeau was a Canadian politician. He was a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.
Background
He was an insurance agent and was the father of eight-term Mayor Jean Drapeau.
City Councillor
Drapeau was appointed to the City Council by the Comité des Citoyens de Montréal (Montreal Citizens' Committee) and served from 1944 to 1954.
In 1954, was chosen by home owners to remain on the Council as one of his son's Civic Action League (Ligue d'Action Civique) candidates. He was re-elected in 1957, became a co-founder of the Civic Party of Montreal like his son and was re-elected in 1960.
He successfully ran for a seat in 1962 and was re-elected in 1966. He represented the district of Rosemont.
Retirement from Politics
He did not run for re-election in 1970.
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