Carle Bernier-Genest

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.

Carle Bernier-Genest
Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin
In office
2006–2009
Preceded byPierre Bourque
Succeeded byÉlaine Ayotte
Personal details
Political partyMontreal Island Citizens Union
ResidenceMontreal, Quebec

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
  1. "Carle Bernier-Genest : pour que politique rime avec jeunesse". arrondissement.com, May 26, 2005.
  2. "Un 81e conseiller pour le maire Tremblay". radio-canada.ca, September 25, 2006.
  3. "Montreal Pride honours pro soccer player David Testo, other trailblazers at all-star gala" Archived October 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. The Gazette, May 18, 2012.
  4. "Hommage bénévolat-Québec 2004". Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale.


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