Frantz Benjamin Explained

Frantz Benjamin
Honorific-Suffix:MNA
Birth Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti[1]
Residence:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Viau
Term Start1:October 1, 2018
Predecessor1:David Heurtel
Office2:Montreal City Councillor for Saint-Michel
Term Start2:2009
Term End2:2018
Predecessor2:Soraya Martinez
Successor2:Josué Corvil
Party:Quebec Liberal Party

Frantz Benjamin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[2] He represents the electoral district of Viau as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Benjamin formerly served as a member of Montreal City Council and the chairman of the city council, representing the district of Saint-Michel in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.[3] Formerly associated with the Union Montreal political party, he resigned on October 30, 2012 in protest against the allegations of corruption surrounding mayor Gérald Tremblay at the Charbonneau commission hearings. He sat as an independent councillor until June 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.[4]

Electoral record

Provincial

Notes and References

  1. http://ile-en-ile.org/benjamin/ Île en île - Franz Benjamin
  2. https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-election-winners-and-losers "Quebec election: Winners and losers"
  3. "City councillor quits mayor's party". Daybreak Montreal, October 31, 2012.
  4. News: Kovac . Adam . June 18, 2013 . Eight candidates join Coderre slate . . Montreal, Quebec . A8 . January 26, 2024 . newspapers.com.