Background
Beaudry, Marcel was born on November 17, 1933 in Lorrainville, Quebec, Canada. Son of Léon and Rosia (Farly) Beaudry.
Beaudry, Marcel was born on November 17, 1933 in Lorrainville, Quebec, Canada. Son of Léon and Rosia (Farly) Beaudry.
University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Arts). University of Ottawa (Licentiate of Laws).
He served as mayor of Hull, Quebec (now part of Gatineau) in 1991 and 1992 and as chair of the National Capital Commission from 1992 to 2006. Beaudry was solicitor for the city of Hull and for the Société de transport de l'Outaouais during the 1970s and 1980s. Beaudry was elected mayor of Hull in 1991 and had served nine months when he was named to the National Capital Commission (NCC) by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
He continued to serve in that position under Prime Ministers Kim Campbell, Jean Chretien (who appointed him to a second term), Paul Martin and Stephen Harper. He retired from the NCC at the end of his second 7-year term. Major projects during his time at the head of the NCC included renovations on the Champlain Bridge and construction of the Canadian War Museum.
He is also crediting with making the operations of the NCC more transparent to the public. The redevelopment of the Lebreton Flats area of Ottawa was initiated during Beaudry's time as NCC chair. Beaudry was married to Mona Rivest, who died in 2006.
He died of cancer at the age of 79 in a Montreal hospital.
Beaudry also served as a member of the Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Quebec, also known as the Bélanger-Campeau Commission.
Married Mona Rivest, November 22, 1958. Children: Jean-Luc, Anne, Charles, Francois.