Lawrence Bergman

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Lawrence Bergman


caption= Quebec Liberal MNA for D'Arcy McGee, Lawrence Bergman
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birth_place= Montreal, Quebec
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party= Quebec Liberal Party
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riding=D'Arcy-McGee (1994-present)
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Lawrence S. Bergman (born December 6, 1940 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of D'Arcy-McGee in Montreal's West Island.

He received a Bachelor of Arts from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) in 1961. In 1964, he received a Diploma from the Faculty of Law of Université de Montréal. He became a notary in 1965. He was a practicing notary until his election in 1994.

He was also a member of the disciplinary committee of the Chambre des notaires du Quebec. He also received several honors for his service among the Jewish Community while he was a council member of the Montreal Jewish Community, an honorary president of the Montreal's Jewish community centres and the director of Magen David Adom for Israel. He also worked for the Canadian institute for research on Judaism and McGill University in the faculty of religious studies.

In the 1994 election, he was elected for the first time, winning 65.37% of the valid ballots against the incumbent Robert Libman,ref|1994 as a Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Montreal riding of the D'Arcy-McGee, the only riding in Quebec with a Jewish majority and a safe Liberal riding. This riding has elected a Jewish MNA in every election since its creation in 1965. He was re-elected in the 1998 (winning 90.61% of the valid ballots)ref|1998 and 2003 elections (winning 91.29% of the valid ballots)ref|2003. In 2003, he was appointed Minister of Revenue. He was re-elected for a fourth term in 2007 but was not named in the Jean Charest Cabinet.

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# [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/donneesResultatsElect.asp?bsq=D'Arcy-McGee&section=resultats_gen&even='1994'&mode='n3'#resul 1994 election results]
# [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/donneesResultatsElect.asp?bsq=D'Arcy-McGee&section=resultats_gen&even='1998'&mode='n3'#resul 1998 election results]
# [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/donneesResultatsElect.asp?bsq=D'Arcy-McGee&section=resultats_gen&even='2003'&mode='n3'#resul 2003 election results]