Robert Libman

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Robert Libman (born November 8, 1960) was a Quebec politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of David Libman and Goldie Aronovitch, he attended Herzliah High School, Vanier College, and received a Bachelor of Architecture from McGill University in 1985. From 1985 to 1988, he practiced architecture.

In 1988, he co-founded the Equality Party to protest against the Quebec Liberal Party government's decision to extend a ban on English on commercial signs. In 1989, he was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec in the Montreal riding of D'Arcy-McGee, winning 57.85% of the valid ballots.

Due in part to the surprise victory of the Equality Party, the Quebec government lessened restrictions on English signs. Libman left the Equality Party and sat as an independent shortly before the 1994 general election. His supporters attempted to make him the Quebec Liberal Party candidate in his riding. However, new Quebec Liberal Party leader Daniel Johnson refused to sign his nomination papers. Libman ran as an independent and lost to the Quebec Liberal Party candidate Lawrence Bergman.

In 1998, he was acclaimed mayor of the City of Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec. In 2001, he was elected Borough Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc—Hampstead—Montreal West and was a member of the Montreal City Council and Executive Committee.

In 2005, he decided to quit politics and not to run for mayor of the re-constituted City of Côte Saint-Luc following its demerger from the mega-city. He returned to private life and opened his own architecture firm.

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• Robert LIBMAN (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved on September 23, 2005.