Frantz Benjamin

Frantz Benjamin
Frantz Benjamin, November 2022
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Viau
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded byDavid Heurtel
Montreal City Councillor for Saint-Michel
In office
2009–2018
Preceded bySoraya Martinez
Succeeded byJosué Corvil
Personal details
BornPort-au-Prince, Haiti[1]
Political partyQuebec Liberal Party
Other political
affiliations
Union Montreal (2009-2012)
Independent (2012-2013)
Ensemble Montréal (2013-present)
Residence(s)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]

  1. ^ Île en île - Franz Benjamin
  2. ^ "Quebec election: Winners and losers". Montreal Gazette, October 1, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "City councillor quits mayor's party". Daybreak Montreal, October 31, 2012.
  4. ^ Kovac, Adam (June 18, 2013). "Eight candidates join Coderre slate". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. A8. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.

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