Richard Bergeron was born on 1955 and is a Canadian politician and former Montreal city councillor.
21 Facts About Richard Bergeron
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Richard Bergeron founded Projet Montreal, a municipal political party, and was its leader until 2014.
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Richard Bergeron was the party's mayoralty candidate in the 2005,2009 and 2013 municipal elections.
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Richard Bergeron is a Montreal City Councillor for the Saint-Jacques district in the Ville-Marie borough and is a member of city council's Commission sur la mise en valeur du territoire et du patrimoine.
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Richard Bergeron moved to Montreal in 1975 where he acquired a bachelor's degree in Architecture, a master's in Urban Planning, and a doctorate in Regional Planning from Universite de Montreal.
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Richard Bergeron has practiced architecture, been an urban planning consultant and taught at l'Institut d'urbanisme.
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Richard Bergeron is married to Amina Ouaqouaq, and the father of two children Guillaume and Nadianie.
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Richard Bergeron has stated that neither he, nor his wife, are practicing Islam.
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In 2005, Richard 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 Montreal label.
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Richard Bergeron asked the City of Montreal to preserve remaining green spaces, submitted proposals for improving the quality of snow removal in Montreal and demanded that future scandals be avoided by limiting donations to municipal political parties to $300 per person per year, by having the executive committee hold its meetings in public and by returning the supervision of its projects to the City of Montreal.
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Richard Bergeron asked the police to investigate the role of certain elected officials, highly placed civil servants or directors of the current administration in these matters.
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On October 2,2009, Richard Bergeron announced his party's plan to open up the southern water front to residents as well as redevelop the eastern tip of Saint Helen's Island, which is a parking lot.
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On October 6,2009, prior to the debate at the Conseil Regional de l'Environnement, Richard Bergeron released his party's Plan for a Sustainable Montreal, something for which his party, Projet Montreal, is known hold high in its ideals.
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On October 8,2009, Richard Bergeron unveiled his party's plan for public transportation, in which he suggested that the price of STM monthly passes be reduced to $60 for adults and $30 for students.
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Richard Bergeron himself was elected city councillor for the district of Jeanne-Mance via his co-candidate Nima Machouf.
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On November 17,2009, Richard Bergeron was appointed by Tremblay to the city's executive committee, becoming responsible for urban planning.
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Richard Bergeron joined Lyn Theriault of Vision Montreal as opposition members on the Council, in a move meant to foster cooperation.
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Richard Bergeron again ran for mayor in 2013, against Denis Coderre, Melanie Joly and Marcel Cote.
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On November 18,2014, Richard Bergeron left Projet Montreal to sit as an independent and join his former rival Denis Coderre's executive committee.
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Richard Bergeron's role is to oversee urban development in the downtown core.
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Richard Bergeron will focus on covering the eastern section of the Ville-Marie Expressway and implementing a tram system in the city.