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Frantz Benjamin
Canadian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frantz Benjamin is a Canadian politician and poet, 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. He is the third vice-president of the MNA since the 29th of november 2022.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4] He sat as an independent councillor until June 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.[5]
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Electoral record
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Municipal
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Literary works
- Valkanday : pwezi, Montréal, Éditions Paroles. 2000, 48 p. (ISBN 2-922726-00-2)
- Chants de mémoire, Montréal, Éditions Paroles, 2003.
- Dits d'errance, Montréal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2004, 67 p. (ISBN 2-923153-06-5)
- Montréal vu par ses poètes (with Rodney Saint-Éloi). Montréal. Mémoire d'encrier, 2006. (ISBN 2-923153-48-0)
- Lettres d'automne / Tanlapli. Montréal, Éditions Paroles, 2007. (ISBN 978-2-922726-18-3)
- Mémoire d'encrier, Octobre 4 2010 (ISBN 978-2-923713-36-6)
- Le Saint-Michel des Haïtiens : perspectives sur la trajectoire de la communauté haïtienne du Québec dans un quartier de Montréal, Montréal, Les Éditions du CIDIHCA, 2012, 186 p. (ISBN 9782894543832)
- Une femme à la mer, Montréal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2016, (ISBN 9782897122874)
- Nuit des anses pleines, Montréal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2021, 58 p. (ISBN 9782897127589)
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