Denis Coderre

Denis Coderre is a Canadian politician from Quebec who served as a Liberal member of Parliament for Bourassa from 1997 to 2013 and as Canada’s immigration minister from 2002 to 2003.

Denis Coderre is a Canadian politician from Quebec. He served as a Liberal member of Parliament for the riding of Bourassa from 1997 to 2013 and as Canada's minister of citizenship and immigration from 2002 to 2003. He later served as mayor of Montreal from 2013 to 2017 and lost re-election bids in 2017 and 2021. In 2024 he announced he would seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Early life and education

Denis Coderre was born in Joliette, Quebec, on 25 July 1963. He studied political science at the Université de Montréal and later completed an executive MBA at the University of Ottawa.

Federal political career

Coderre entered federal politics with the Liberal Party and was elected member of Parliament for the riding of Bourassa in 1997. He held the seat until 2013 and served in several cabinet roles, including Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 2002 to 2003 under Prime Ministers Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin.

Mayor of Montreal

Coderre was elected mayor of Montreal in 2013 and served one term until 2017. He lost re-election to Valérie Plante in 2017, becoming the first Montreal mayor in 57 years to lose after only one term.

Later political activity

After his 2017 defeat, Coderre returned to municipal politics and ran again in 2021, losing once more to Valérie Plante. In 2024 he announced plans to seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. In July 2025, reports stated he was stepping away from politics and taking a role with Résidences Soleil.