Frantz Benjamin


Frantz Benjamin is a Canadian politician and poet, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. 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 29 November 2022.
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. 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. He sat as an independent councillor until June 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.
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Literary works

  • Valkanday : pwezi, Montréal, Éditions Paroles. 2000, 48 p.
  • Chants de mémoire, Montréal, Éditions Paroles, 2003.
  • Dits d'errance, Montréal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2004, 67 p.
  • Montréal vu par ses poètes. Montréal. Mémoire d'encrier, 2006.
  • Lettres d'automne / Tanlapli. Montréal, Éditions Paroles, 2007.
  • Mémoire d'encrier, Octobre 4 2010 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.
  • Une femme à la mer, Montréal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2016,
  • Nuit des anses pleines, Montréal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2021, 58 p.