Carle Bernier-Genest Explained

Carle Bernier-Genest
Residence:Montreal, Quebec
Office:Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin
Term Start:2006
Term End:2009
Predecessor:Pierre Bourque
Successor:Élaine Ayotte
Party:Montreal Island Citizens Union

Carle Bernier-Genest is a Canadian politician, who was a Montreal City Councillor for the Marie-Victorin ward in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie from 2006 to 2009.

Bernier-Genest first ran in the 2005 municipal election, but lost narrowly to Pierre Bourque.[1] Following Bourque's resignation as a city councillor in 2006, Bernier-Genest was elected in the resulting by-election on September 25, 2006,[2] but was subsequently defeated by Élaine Ayotte in the 2009 election as part of a borough-wide swing toward the opposition Vision Montréal party.

Openly gay, Bernier-Genest has been an active volunteer in Montreal's LGBT and youth communities, including as a past president of the LGBT youth group Jeunesse Lambda and as a board member of the telephone support line Gai Écoute, the Forum jeunesse de l'Île de Montréal and Divers/Cité.[3] In 2004, he was awarded the Jeune Bénévole — Prix Claude Masson, a prize granted by the government of Quebec to distinguished young volunteers in the province.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.arrondissement.com/tout-get-document/u2703-carle-bernier-genest-pour-politique-rime-avec-jeunesse "Carle Bernier-Genest : pour que politique rime avec jeunesse"
  2. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2006/09/25/006-UCIM-Marie-Victorin.shtml "Un 81e conseiller pour le maire Tremblay"
  3. http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/05/18/montreal-pride-honours-pro-soccer-player-david-testo-other-trailblazers-at-all-star-gala/ "Montreal Pride honours pro soccer player David Testo, other trailblazers at all-star gala"
  4. http://www.benevolat.gouv.qc.ca/prix_qc/prix_hbq/2004/ "Hommage bénévolat-Québec 2004"