Carle Bernier-Genest: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
migrating Persondata to Wikidata, please help, see challenges for this article |
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.2.7.1) |
||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
Bernier-Genest first ran in the [[Montreal municipal election, 2005|2005 municipal election]], but lost narrowly to [[Pierre Bourque (politician)|Pierre Bourque]].<ref name=arrondissement>[http://www.arrondissement.com/tout-get-document/u2703-carle-bernier-genest-pour-politique-rime-avec-jeunesse "Carle Bernier-Genest : pour que politique rime avec jeunesse"]. ''arrondissement.com'', May 26, 2005.</ref> Following Bourque's resignation as a city councillor in 2006, Bernier-Genest was elected in the resulting [[by-election]] on September 25, 2006,<ref>[http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2006/09/25/006-UCIM-Marie-Victorin.shtml "Un 81e conseiller pour le maire Tremblay"]. [[CBC News|radio-canada.ca]], September 25, 2006.</ref> but was subsequently defeated by [[Élaine Ayotte]] in the [[Montreal municipal election, 2009|2009 election]] as part of a borough-wide swing toward the opposition [[Vision Montréal]] party. |
Bernier-Genest first ran in the [[Montreal municipal election, 2005|2005 municipal election]], but lost narrowly to [[Pierre Bourque (politician)|Pierre Bourque]].<ref name=arrondissement>[http://www.arrondissement.com/tout-get-document/u2703-carle-bernier-genest-pour-politique-rime-avec-jeunesse "Carle Bernier-Genest : pour que politique rime avec jeunesse"]. ''arrondissement.com'', May 26, 2005.</ref> Following Bourque's resignation as a city councillor in 2006, Bernier-Genest was elected in the resulting [[by-election]] on September 25, 2006,<ref>[http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2006/09/25/006-UCIM-Marie-Victorin.shtml "Un 81e conseiller pour le maire Tremblay"]. [[CBC News|radio-canada.ca]], September 25, 2006.</ref> but was subsequently defeated by [[Élaine Ayotte]] in the [[Montreal municipal election, 2009|2009 election]] as part of a borough-wide swing toward the opposition [[Vision Montréal]] party. |
||
Openly [[gay]],<ref name=arrondissement /> Bernier-Genest has been an active volunteer in Montreal's [[LGBT]] 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 [[Divers/Cité]].<ref>[http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/05/18/montreal-pride-honours-pro-soccer-player-david-testo-other-trailblazers-at-all-star-gala/ "Montreal Pride honours pro soccer player David Testo, other trailblazers at all-star gala"]. ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]'', May 18, 2012.</ref> In 2004, he was awarded the Jeune Bénévole — Prix Claude Masson, a prize granted by the government of Quebec to distinguished young [[volunteer]]s in the province.<ref>[http://www.benevolat.gouv.qc.ca/prix_qc/prix_hbq/2004/ "Hommage bénévolat-Québec 2004"]. ''Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale''.</ref> |
Openly [[gay]],<ref name=arrondissement /> Bernier-Genest has been an active volunteer in Montreal's [[LGBT]] 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 [[Divers/Cité]].<ref>[http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/05/18/montreal-pride-honours-pro-soccer-player-david-testo-other-trailblazers-at-all-star-gala/ "Montreal Pride honours pro soccer player David Testo, other trailblazers at all-star gala"] {{wayback|url=http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/05/18/montreal-pride-honours-pro-soccer-player-david-testo-other-trailblazers-at-all-star-gala/ |date=20121016071943 }}. ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]'', May 18, 2012.</ref> In 2004, he was awarded the Jeune Bénévole — Prix Claude Masson, a prize granted by the government of Quebec to distinguished young [[volunteer]]s in the province.<ref>[http://www.benevolat.gouv.qc.ca/prix_qc/prix_hbq/2004/ "Hommage bénévolat-Québec 2004"]. ''Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale''.</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 11:16, 15 November 2016
Carle Bernier-Genest | |
|---|---|
| Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin | |
| In office 2006–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Bourque |
| Succeeded by | Élaine Ayotte |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Montreal Island Citizens Union |
| Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec |
Carle Bernier-Genest is a Canadian politician, who was a Montreal City Councillor for the Marie-Victorin ward in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie from 2006 to 2009.
Bernier-Genest first ran in the 2005 municipal election, but lost narrowly to Pierre Bourque.[1] Following Bourque's resignation as a city councillor in 2006, Bernier-Genest was elected in the resulting by-election on September 25, 2006,[2] 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 gay,[1] Bernier-Genest has been an active volunteer in Montreal's LGBT 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 Divers/Cité.[3] In 2004, he was awarded the Jeune Bénévole — Prix Claude Masson, a prize granted by the government of Quebec to distinguished young volunteers in the province.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Carle Bernier-Genest : pour que politique rime avec jeunesse". arrondissement.com, May 26, 2005.
- ^ "Un 81e conseiller pour le maire Tremblay". radio-canada.ca, September 25, 2006.
- ^ "Montreal Pride honours pro soccer player David Testo, other trailblazers at all-star gala" Template:Wayback. The Gazette, May 18, 2012.
- ^ "Hommage bénévolat-Québec 2004". Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale.
 | This Montreal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |