Frantz Benjamin

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Frantz Benjamin
Montreal City Councillor for Saint-Michel
Assumed office
2009
Preceded by Soraya Martinez
Personal details
Political party Union Montreal (2009-2012)
Independent (2012-2013)
Équipe Denis Coderre (2013-present)
Residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Frantz Benjamin is a Canadian politician, currently a member of Montreal City Council and the Chairman of the City Council. He represents the district of Saint-Michel in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.[1]

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.[1] He sat as an independent councillor until June 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "City councillor quits mayor's party". Daybreak Montreal, October 31, 2012.
  2. "Denis Coderre unveils eight more candidates for his party". The Gazette, June 17, 2013.


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