
A Montrealer by birth, Daniel Cournoyer retired from the metropolis in 2005. He worked as a police officer for the Service de police de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal and then for the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal. He became an officer, investigator and then supervisor of major crime investigators. Daniel Cournoyer is currently involved as a volunteer in several organizations in the Trois-Rivières region. Since 2013, he has been an elected municipal councillor. He chairs a number of committees, and has been acting mayor of Trois-Rivières for more than two years. Daniel Cournoyer is particularly concerned with citizen satisfaction, economic development, sustainable mobility, housing development, ecology and job creation.