Frantz Benjamin
Frantz Benjamin | |
|---|---|
 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Quebec 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 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 29 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]
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)
References
- ^ Île en île - Franz Benjamin
- ^ "Quebec election: Winners and losers". Montreal Gazette, October 1, 2018.
- ^ "Frantz Benjamin - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca.
- ^ a b "City councillor quits mayor's party". Daybreak Montreal, October 31, 2012.
- ^ Kovac, Adam (June 18, 2013). "Eight candidates join Coderre slate". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. A8. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.