Frantz Benjamin

Frantz Benjamin
MNA
Frantz Benjamin MNA
	Frantz Benjamin, November 2022
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Viau
	Incumbent
	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
Succeeded by	Josué Corvil
Personal details
Born	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Political 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 the 29^th of 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

v t e 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	–	–

v t e 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
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

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	–	–

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)