Lucie Tondreau Explained

Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Haiti
Party:Democratic
Office:Mayor of North Miami, Florida
Predecessor:Andre Pierre
Successor:Philippe Bien-Aime (Acting)
Smith Joseph (elected)
Term Start:2013
Term End:2014
Residence:North Miami, Florida

Lucie Tondreau (born 1959/1960) is an American politician and social and immigrant activist who served as the first female and the third Haitian-American mayor of North Miami, Florida

Biography

Tondreau was born in Haiti but moved to Montreal, Canada in 1967 when she was seven.[2] [3] In 1981, she moved to New York City where she became active in the Haitian community.[2] In 1984, she moved to Miami where she worked with the Haitian Refugee Center and served as a board member of the Haitian American Community of Dade County (HACAD), the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition, the Miami Art in Public Places, and the Haitian Political Action Committee.[2] In 1999, she founded the public relations firm, Tondreau & Associates.[2] She worked as radio personality.[4]

She was one of two finalists in the non-partisan 2013 North Miami mayoral election,[5] a city where 1/3rd of the population was Haitian-American.[4] On June 4, 2013, Tondreau was elected after a runoff election between her and former mayor Kevin Burns.[6] On May 21, 2014, she was suspended as Mayor of North Miami after allegations of mortgage fraud.[7] Vice Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime was named acting mayor.

Notes and References

  1. News: Ex-North Miami mayor gets 65 months for role in fraud scheme . Miami Herald. March 24, 2015 .
  2. Web site: Interview with Lucie Tondreau . University of Miami Libraries . January 29, 2014 .
  3. Web site: I love Lucie for Mayor . Forum Haiti : Des Idées et des Débats sur l'Avenir d'Haiti. February 3, 2007 .
  4. News: Nadege . Green . On Haitian Radio, North Miami Elections Are Real-Life Drama . WLRN. June 7, 2013 .
  5. Web site: OFFICIAL SPECIAL ELECTION MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL MAY 14, 2013.
  6. Web site: OFFICIAL RUN-OFF ELECTION NORTH MIAMI, FLORIDA JUNE 4, 2013.
  7. News: North Miami officials discuss suspension of Mayor Lucie Tondreau . Miami Herald. May 21, 2014 .