Former Pointe-Claire mayor Bill McMurchie dead at 93

Former Pointe-Claire Mayor Bill McMurchie. The Canadian Press

By News Staff

Posted January 3, 2025 12:05 pm.

Bill McMurchie, former mayor of Pointe-Claire, died at the age of 93 on New Year’s Day in Toronto.

McMurchie was elected as a councillor in 1990 and became mayor in 1998 before retiring in 2013.

He had been receiving care in Ontario before he passed away.

Throughout his long career in public administration and municipal politics, McMurchie oversaw the referendum for Pointe-Claire when they demerged from Montreal and regained its independent status.

Born in Paynton, Sask., he relocated to Quebec in 1956 and started working for the City of Pointe-Claire as a student.

He is survived by his wife Denise, their children Kathleen, Neil and Lyne, grandchildren Danielle, Colleen, Bennett, Claire, Ruby and Maria-Luiza and great-grandchildren Caleb, Evelyn and Emerson.

The McMurchie family requested that he be buried in the St-Joachim Church cemetery – which faces Pointe-Claire City Hall.

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