Lawrence Bergman
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Lawrence S. Bergman (born December 6, 1940) is a politician in Quebec, Canada.
Born in Montreal, 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.
In the 1994 election, he was elected for the first time, winning 65.37% of the valid ballots against the incumbent Robert Libman, 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) and 2003 elections (winning 91.29% of the valid ballots). In 2003, he was appointed Minister of Revenue.
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- Lawrence S. BERGMAN. National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved on September 23, 2005.
