- Richard Bergeron
Richard Bergeron is a
Canadian politician fromMontreal . He is aCity Council lor and a 2005Mayor al candidate.Background
He was born in 1955 in
Alma, Quebec . He moved to Montreal in 1975 and studiedArchitecture atUniversité de Montréal . [ [http://www.projetmontreal.org/user/4 Short Biography of Richard Bergeron, Projet Montreal] ]Municipal Politics
In 2005, Bergeron ran simultaneously for
Mayor of Montreal and City Councillor for the district of DeLorimier, located in the Borough ofPlateau-Mont-Royal , under the "Projet Montréal " label.Projet Montreal is a fairly new municipal political party, founded in November 2004. It advocates sustainable urbanism, [ [http://www.planetizen.com/node/14762 New Political Party Based On Sustainable Urbanism, Planetizen, November 11, 2004] ] a philosophy that emphasizes the need for an administration and an environment that are friendlier to
pedestrians . [ [http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/020807/news2.html A tramline named desire, Montreal Mirror, February 8-14, 2007] ]Bergeron finished a distant third in the mayoral contest with 8.5% of the vote.
Incumbent Gérald Tremblay was re-elected. However, he was elected to the City Council with 36.5% of the ballots. His closest opponent received 33.7% of the vote.Footnotes
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