Alexandre Duplessis (born 1970) is a

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politician. He served as the mayor of

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, from November 23, 2012 until June 28, 2013. He was selected as the new mayor of

following the resignation of

Gilles Vaillancourt Gilles Vaillancourt (born January 9, 1941) is a former Canadians, Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corru ...

,"Alexandre Duplessis elected new interim mayor of Laval"
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'', November 23, 2012. winning a 15-3 vote of

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over fellow councillor Jacques St-Jean. Duplessis resigned after just seven months in office following allegations of soliciting prostitutes."Laval mayor Alexandre Duplessis resigns"
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'', June 28, 2013. Duplessis is an accountant by profession as well as a former bus company executive. Previously a city councillor for the Saint-Martin ward, he was a member of the

Parti PRO des Lavallois Gilles Vaillancourt (born January 9, 1941) is a former Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corruption and fraud. During t ...

until that party's dissolution on November 19, 2012."RIP: PRO des Lavallois". ''

'', November 19, 2012. In May 2013, testimony at the

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hearings also implicated Duplessis, along with virtually the entire sitting council, in the same corruption scandal that brought down Vaillancourt. Duplessis has asserted his innocence of the allegations, but requested that

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, the provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs, place the city in

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until the next municipal election. On June 3, 2013, the provincial government placed the city under trusteeship."Quebec premier calls Laval trusteeship ‘terrible, disheartening, sad’"
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'', June 3, 2013. Florent Gagné, a former head of the

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, served as the city's head trustee, with responsibility for reviewing and approving or rejecting all decisions made by city council. In June 2013, Duplessis filed a police complaint claiming that a prostitute had attempted to extort money from him. In May 2013, Radio-Canada reported that Duplessis had been fined $500 plus costs for possession of a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duplessis, Alexandre 1970 births Canadian accountants Living people Mayors of Laval, Quebec