Michael Fainstat (29 August 1923 – 29 December 2010)[1] was a Canadian politician and a city councillor in Montreal, Quebec.
In the early seventies Fainstat became a founding member of the progressive Montreal Citizens' Movement, also known as Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) in French.
Fainstat was elected to Montreal's city council in 1974 against Civic incumbent James Bellin with 17 other RCM candidates, and represented the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
He was succeeded by Democratic Coalition candidate Claudette Demers-Godley on the city council.
Fainstat died on December 29, 2010, due to Parkinson's disease.