Frantz Benjamin

Frantz Benjamin
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Viau
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded by David Heurtel
Montreal City Councillor for Saint-Michel
In office
2009–2018
Preceded by Soraya Martinez
Succeeded by TBA
Personal details
Born Port-au-Prince, Haiti[1]
Political party Union Montreal (2009-2012)
Independent (2012-2013)
Équipe Denis Coderre (2013-present)
Residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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.[3] He sat as an independent councillor until June 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Île en île - Franz Benjamin
  2. ↑ "Quebec election: Winners and losers". Montreal Gazette, October 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "City councillor quits mayor's party". Daybreak Montreal, October 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Denis Coderre unveils eight more candidates for his party". The Gazette, June 17, 2013.
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