constituency predecessor successor death_date party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
saint-jacques sammy forcillo sammy forcillo may 5 , 1992 -lrb- age 41 -rrb- montreal citizens ' movement montreal city councillor 1950/51 november 9 , 1986 raymond blain
 may 5 , 1992 raymond blain
raymond blain

raymond blain was a canadian politician , who served on montreal city council from 1986 to 1992 .
he has been credited by media as the first openly gay politician ever elected to public office in canada , although he now appears to have been preceded by at least two figures -- quebec municipal councillor and mna maurice richard and british columbia municipal councillor jim egan -- whose pioneering status was overlooked by media at the time .
prior to his election to council , blain studied law at the université de montréal and sociology , science and recreation at the université du québec à montréal , and worked as a science educator .
