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Jean Tremblay
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Jean Tremblay (born November 29, 1948) is a Canadian businessman and politician who was mayor of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada from 2002 to 2017. Before that he was mayor of Chicoutimi since 1996.
Tremblay received international attention from his fight to maintain the saying of Catholic prayers before city council meeting. The Canadian Supreme Court. In Mouvement laïque québécois v Saguenay (City) (2015) ruled against the city.
Tremblay was born in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. He is a notary by profession and a businessman. After the municipal reorganizations in Quebec, on 1 January 2002 he became the first magistrate of the new city of Saguenay. Tremblay was reelected in November 2005, receiving 72% of the vote, and again in November 2009 with 78% support, described as a "dazzling victory." In 2013, Tremblay received 63% of the vote.
Tremblay worked to attract more cruise ships to the region. He also attempted to recover taxes owed by private hydroelectric plants within the city. In 2008 Tremblay was the first mayor in Quebec to implement « Gestion par activités » (City Stat Performance Strategy).
Tremblay established the position of city ombudsman and initiated the city's first website. He also started use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
Jean Tremblay was born in 1948 in Chicoutimi and attended local schools. He obtained a law degree from Université Laval in 1974. He received his diploma in notary law from the same university and became a member of the Chamber of Notaries of Quebec in 1975.
Tremblay became a practicing notary in Chicoutimi in 1975. In 1979, he became partner in a St-Hubert restaurant in Chicoutimi. He was also the majority shareholder in a real estate company from 1979 to 1997. He taught in the Department of Administrative Sciences University of Quebec at Chicoutimi during the 1980–1981 school year.
In 1996, Tremblay was elected mayor of Chicoutimi, serving from 1997 to 2001.
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