Profile
Nick Auf der Maur
Politician + Founder + Musician
Male
Born
Apr 10, 1942
Died
Apr 7, 1998
Nick Auf der Maur was a journalist, politician and "man about town" boulevardier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was also the father of rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur, through his marriage to Linda Gaboriau. The youngest of four children of Swiss… Read More
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d.1998
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CHILDHOOD
1942
Birth
Born in 1942.
THIRTIES
1974
32 Years Old
In 1974, he was elected as a city councillor for Montreal for the Rassemblement des citoyens de Montréal (Montreal Citizens' Movement).
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He accurately predicted the massive cost overruns and deficits of the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, and was a sharp critic of longtime mayor Jean Drapeau.
1978
36 Years Old
In 1978 and 1982, he was again elected city councillor under the Municipal Action Group banner, and in 1986 was re-elected as an independent candidate.
FORTIES
1984
42 Years Old
In the 1984 federal election, he ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and although the Conservatives won that election in a landslide including many Quebec seats, Auf der Maur failed to win a seat.
1987
45 Years Old
In 1987 Auf der Maur controversially supported the Overdale development which saw nearly 100 of his constituents evicted from their homes, which were then demolished in 1989.
1988
46 Years Old
He remained a city councillor, and in 1988, he even briefly joined the Civic Party of retired former mayor Jean Drapeau, which he once bitterly opposed.
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FIFTIES
1992
50 Years Old
However, upon merger of the Montreal Municipal Party and the old Civic Party in 1992, he became part of the new Civic Party, but left a year later.
1994
52 Years Old
In 1994, he ran as an independent and was defeated in what would prove to be his final election.
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1996
54 Years Old
Known for his smoke in mouth drinking attitude, he was diagnosed with throat cancer in December 1996 and died in 1998.
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1998
56 Years Old
Died in 1998.
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