Frantz Benjamin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2018 provincial election."Quebec election: Winners and losers"
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'', October 1, 2018. He represents the electoral district of Viau as a member of the

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. 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 Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension () is a borough (''arrondissement'') in the city of Montreal, Quebec. It had a population of 143,853 according to the 2016 Census and a land area of . The borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extensi ...

."City councillor quits mayor's party". Daybreak Montreal, October 31, 2012. Formerly associated with the Union Montreal political party, he resigned on October 30, 2012 in protest against the allegations of corruption surrounding mayor

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at the

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hearings. He sat as an

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councillor until June 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.

Electoral record

Provincial

Municipal

References

Living people Montreal city councillors Black Canadian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) People from Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Canadian people of Haitian descent Haitian Quebecers Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub