Pierre Goyer is a Canadian politician and a

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City councillor

He was elected to Montreal's

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as a

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(RCM) candidate in the district of Jean-Talon in 1986, defeating the

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, George Savoidakis, of the

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. In 1989, he left the RCM and founded the Democratic Coalition of Montreal with three other colleagues. He was re-elected in the district of Saint-Édouard in 1990. In 1992, he left the Coalition with colleague Claudette Demers-Godley to sit as an

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Member of Executive Committee

In 1994, Goyer ran as a

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candidate. He was re-elected and became a member of Montreal's Executive Committee. In 1997, he was asked to resign from the Executive Committee. He left Vision Montreal and sat as an ndependent, but refused to resign from the Executive Committee.

Political decline

In 1998, he ran as a candidate for Jean Doré's Team Montreal but was defeated by François Purcell.

City councillor

Member of Executive Committee

Political decline

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