Richard Bergeron

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Richard Bergeron is a Canadian politician from Montreal. He is a City Councillor and a 2005 Mayoral candidate.

[edit] Background

He was born in 1955 in Alma, Quebec. He moved to Montreal in 1975 and studied Architecture at Université de Montréal. [1]

[edit] Municipal Politics

In 2005, Bergeron ran simultaneously for Mayor of Montreal and City Councillor for the district of DeLorimier, located in the Borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal, under the Projet Montréal label.

Projet Montreal is a fairly new municipal political party, founded in November 2004. It advocates sustainable urbanism, [2] a philosophy that emphasizes the need for an administration and an environment that are friendlier to pedestrians. [3]

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.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Short Biography of Richard Bergeron, Projet Montreal
  2. ^ New Political Party Based On Sustainable Urbanism, Planetizen, November 11, 2004
  3. ^ A tramline named desire, Montreal Mirror, February 8-14, 2007
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