Editing Denis Coderre (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1963)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Denis Coderre
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image            = Réseau Express Métropolitain (inauguration) 13 - Denis Coderre (3-5 crop).jpg
| caption          = Coderre in 2023
| order            = 44th
| office           = Mayor of Montreal
| term_start       = November 14, 2013
| term_end         = November 16, 2017
| predecessor      = [[Laurent Blanchard]]
| successor        = [[Valérie Plante]]
| office1          = [[President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada]]
| primeminister1   = [[Paul Martin]]
| term_start1      = December 12, 2003
| term_end1        = July 19, 2004
| predecessor1     = [[Stéphane Dion]]
| successor1       = [[Lucienne Robillard]]
| office2          = [[Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship|Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration]]
| primeminister2   = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| term_start2      = January 15, 2002
| term_end2        = December 11, 2003
| predecessor2     = [[Elinor Caplan]]
| successor2       = [[Judy Sgro]]
| office3          = [[Minister for Sport (Canada)|Secretary of State (Amateur Sport)]]
| primeminister3   = Jean Chrétien
 | minister3       = [[Sheila Copps]]
| term_start3      = August 3, 1999
| term_end3        = January 14, 2002
| predecessor3     = Sheila Copps (as [[Minister for Sport (Canada)|minister of Amateur Sport]])
| successor3       = [[Paul DeVillers]]
| parliament4      = Canadian
| riding4          = [[Bourassa (electoral district)|Bourassa]]
| term_start4      = September 22, 1997
| term_end4        = June 2, 2013
| predecessor4     = [[Osvaldo Nunez]]
| successor4       = [[Emmanuel Dubourg]]
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1963|07|25}}
| birth_place      = [[Joliette]], Quebec, Canada
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| profession       = {{hlist|Insurance broker|public relations officer|announcer}}
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] (federal)<br />[[Quebec Liberal Party|Quebec Liberal]] (provincial)<br />[[Ensemble Montréal]] (municipal)
| spouse           = Chantale Renaud<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/201311/09/01-4708918-denis-coderre-le-rocky-de-la-politique.php |title=Denis Coderre: le Rocky de la politique |lang=fr |trans-title=Denis Coderre: The political Rocky |date=November 9, 2013 |last=Gagnon |first=Katia |work=[[La Presse]] |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104185837/https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/201311/09/01-4708918-denis-coderre-le-rocky-de-la-politique.php |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>
| children         = 2
| residence        = Montreal, Quebec
| footnotes        =
}}

'''Denis Coderre''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} ({{IPA|fr|dəni kɔdɛʁ}}; born July 25, 1963)<ref name="journalmetro.com">{{cite news |url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/605927/15-ans-de-vie-politique-pour-denis-coderre/ |title=15 ans de vie politique pour Denis Coderre |lang=fr |trans-title=Denis Coderre reaches 15 years in political life |date=November 5, 2012 |last=Lagacé |first=Roger |work=[[Métro (Montreal newspaper)|Métro]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104190131/https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/605927/15-ans-de-vie-politique-pour-denis-coderre/ |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> is a Canadian politician who served as the 44th [[mayor of Montreal]] from 2013 to 2017.

Coderre was involved in federal politics as a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], serving as the [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] (MP) for the riding of [[Bourassa (electoral district)|Bourassa]] from 1997 until 2013 and [[Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada)|Immigration Minister]] from 2002 to 2003. Taking office as mayor of Montreal in [[2013 Montreal municipal election|2013]], he saw his reelection bid defeated in [[2017 Montreal municipal election|2017]] by [[Valérie Plante]]. In [[2021 Montreal municipal election|2021]], he lost again to Plante.

As mayor, Coderre unveiled the [[Réseau express métropolitain|Réseau électrique métropolitain]] (REM) project in 2016 alongside [[Michael Sabia]], then CEO of the [[Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec]] (CDPQ).<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=22 April 2016 |title=Ambitious light rail project for Montreal proposed by Caisse de dépôt |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/caisse-de-depot-train-de-louest-champlain-bridge-1.3548109 |access-date=16 August 2023 |website=CBC News}}</ref>