Frantz Benjamin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec 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 Quebec Liberal Party. 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-Extension ...

."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 Gérald Tremblay at the

Charbonneau commission The Commission of Inquiry on the Awarding and Management of Public Contracts in the Construction Industry (french: Commission d'enquête sur l'octroi et la gestion des contrats publics dans l'industrie de la construction, also known as the Charbonn ...

hearings. He sat as an

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councillor until June 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre."Denis Coderre unveils eight more candidates for his party"
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'', June 17, 2013.

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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 21st-century Canadian politicians Quebec Liberal Party MNAs {{Quebec-MNA-stub