Carle Bernier-Genest is a

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politician, who was a Montreal City Councillor for the Marie-Victorin ward in the borough of

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie () is a borough (''arrondissement'') in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located centre-east of the island. Geography The borough is bordered to the northwest by Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, ...

from 2006 to 2009. Bernier-Genest first ran in the 2005 municipal election, but lost narrowly to Pierre Bourque."Carle Bernier-Genest : pour que politique rime avec jeunesse"
. ''arrondissement.com'', May 26, 2005. Following Bourque's resignation as a city councillor in 2006, Bernier-Genest was elected in the resulting

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on September 25, 2006, but was subsequently defeated by Élaine Ayotte in the 2009 election as part of a borough-wide swing toward the opposition Vision Montréal party. Openly

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, Bernier-Genest has been an active volunteer in Montreal's

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and youth communities, including as a past president of the LGBT youth group Jeunesse Lambda and as a board member of the telephone support line Gai Écoute, the Forum jeunesse de l'Île de Montréal and

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. In 2004, he was awarded the Jeune Bénévole — Prix Claude Masson, a prize granted by the government of Quebec to distinguished young

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s in the province."Hommage bénévolat-Québec 2004"
. ''Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale''.

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