Frantz Benjamin
Canadian politician
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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 National Assembly since 29 November 2022.[3]
Frantz Benjamin | |
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Frantz Benjamin, November 2022 | |
| 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 November 1, 2009 – October 15, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Soraya Martinez Ferrada |
| Succeeded by | Josué Corvil |
| Speaker of Montreal City Council | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Harout Chitilian |
| Succeeded by | Cathy Wong |
| Constituency | Saint-Michel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations | Union Montreal (2009-2012) Independent (2012-2013) Ensemble Montréal (2013-present) |
Municipal Politics
Benjamin was first elected to the Montreal City Council in 2009 defeating incumbent city councillor Soraya Martinez Ferrada.
Benjamin formerly served as a member of Montreal City Council and the chairman (Speaker) of the city council, representing the district of Saint-Michel in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.[4] He was also the first black person to be speaker of the city council. 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]
Electoral record
Provincial
| 2022 Quebec general election: Viau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frantz Benjamin | 8,049 | 38.18 | -8.45 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Renée-Chantal Belinga | 6,418 | 30.44 | +6.11 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Justine Savard | 3,201 | 15.18 | -0.55 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marc-Antoine Lecompte | 1,598 | 7.58 | -0.73 | ||||
| Conservative | Alex Tembel | 1,294 | 6.14 | +4.88 | ||||
| Green | Manel Chaouche | 342 | 1.62 | – | ||||
| Bloc Montreal | Marc II Réjouis | 100 | 0.47 | – | ||||
| Climat Québec | Serge Ricard | 80 | 0.38 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,082 | 97.84 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 466 | 2.16 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 21,548 | 54.03 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,883 | – | – | |||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Viau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frantz Benjamin | 10,113 | 46.63 | -15.39 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Sylvain Lafrenière | 5,276 | 24.33 | +13.46 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Janny Gaspard | 3,411 | 15.73 | +6.47 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Mounddy Sanon | 1,803 | 8.31 | -6.40 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mamoun Ahmed | 494 | 2.28 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Patrick St-Onge | 274 | 1.26 | – | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Hugo Pépino | 162 | 0.75 | +0.19 | ||||
| Independent | Beverly Bernardo | 153 | 0.71 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,686 | 97.45 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 568 | 2.55 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,254 | 53.44 | -9.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 41,646 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -14.43 | ||||||
Municipal
| 2017 Montreal municipal election: City Councillor-Saint-Michel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Équipe Denis Coderre | Frantz Benjamin | 3,882 | 61.95 | +11.71 | ||||
| Projet Montréal | Rana Alrabi | 2,384 | 30.85 | +12.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 6,266 | 94.07 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 395 | 5.93 | +0.42 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,661 | 30.48 | -2.99 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 21 856 | – | – | |||||
| 2013 Montreal municipal election: City Councillor-Saint-Michel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Équipe Denis Coderre | Frantz Benjamin | 3,390 | 50.24 | +50.24 | ||||
| Projet Montréal | Isabelle Bernard | 1,270 | 18.82 | +5.47 | ||||
| Vrai changement | Emilio Alvarez Garcia | 1,129 | 16.73 | +16.73 | ||||
| Coalition Montréal | John De Luca | 958 | 14.20 | +14.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 6,747 | 94.85 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 366 | 5.15 | -0.97 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,113 | 33.47 | +0.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 21,255 | – | – | |||||
| 2009 Montreal municipal election: City Councillor-Saint-Michel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Union Montreal | Frantz Benjamin | 2,898 | 43.41 | -1.80 | ||||
| Vision Montreal | Soraya Martinez Ferrada | 2,478 | 37.12 | -5.86 | ||||
| Projet Montréal | Jack Thierry Morency | 891 | 13.35 | +1.54 | ||||
| Montréal Ville-Marie | Valentino Nelson | 409 | 6.13 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 6,676 | 93.38 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 435 | 6.12 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 7,111 | 32.66 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 21,770 | – | – | |||||
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)
