OLIVE-URQUH ART SPORTS CENTRE Located at 230 Brunswick Boulevard and open since May 19, the new Olive-Urquhart Sports Centre invites you to get active in a brand new environment! Gateway to the industrial sector, the centre was named in honour of the former mayor of Pointe-Claire, an exceptional woman to whom we owe major projects for our City. OLIVE LOUISE URQUHART, AN EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN A great visionary, Olive Louise Urquhart was the first female mayor of the City of Pointe-Claire, the second female mayor elected in Québec, from 1954 to 1956 followed by 1958 to 1961. At that time, Anglophone and Francophone mayors alternated every two years. She served as municipal councillor from 1951 to 1954 and from 1956 to 1958. Olive Louise Urquhart considerably and remarkably contributed to Pointe-Claire’s economic development by:
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Planning and development, in full growth, with the construction of public utility services, buildings and Lakeside Heights Elementary School and John Rennie High School Creation of the position of City Manager to ensure the coordination of all of the City’s departments (1955) Construction of the drinking water production plant (1958) to meet the needs of the growing population and a rapidly expanding industrial park, including the Lakeshore Hospital (1959) and the fluoridation of drinking water Definition of the vocation of Stewart Hall as a cultural centre We owe her the development of the industrial park.
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PROGRAMMING The Olive-Urquhart Sports Centre is open Monday to Friday, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. To find out the time slots available for the gym, the spinning room and the pool during the open house days, go to the City’s website. The programming will be enhanced throughout the summer and, as of September, group lessons will be added. Registration for these activities will be done online. Subscribe to Leisure News to find out the dates: pointe-claire.ca
MEMBERSHIPS Three types of memberships are offered to residents and non-residents: a daily membership, a monthly membership or an annual membership. The pool, gymnasium and certain spaces are available for rentals. Information: centresportif@pointe-claire.ca 514-630-1210.
