Lawrence Bergman
Politician
1940 –
Who is Lawrence Bergman?
Lawrence S. Bergman 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 end and Chairperson of the Government Caucus in the parliamentary office of Quebec.
He received a Bachelor of Arts from Sir George Williams 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 nomination as Minister of Revenue by Jean Charest in 2003.
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.
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 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 and 2003 elections. In 2003, he was appointed Minister of Revenue. He was re-elected for a fourth term in 2007 and a fifth term in the 2008 but was not named in the Jean Charest Cabinet in both occasions although he was named in 2008 the President of the Cabinet Caucus.
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- Born
- Dec 6, 1940
Montreal - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Université de Montréal
- Concordia University
- Bachelor of Arts
- Lived in
- Montreal
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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