Michael Applebaum

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Michael Applebaum (2009)

Michael Applebaum (born February 10, 1963 in Montreal ) is a Canadian politician and businessman . He was a member of the Montreal City Council from 1994. From November 2012 he served as interim mayor until, like his predecessor, he had to resign in June 2013 because of allegations of corruption.

biography

Applebaum grew up in the then still independent suburb of Saint-Laurent . He worked in his parents' shoe store and opened his first clothing boutique at the age of 18 while studying at Dawson College . He later took over the shoe business and became a real estate agent . He has close ties with the city's Jewish community and publicly supports Israeli politics . In 1994 he ran for the local group Parti des Montréalais in the city council elections and was elected in the constituency of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. After the party was dissolved in 1995, he remained politically active as an independent. From 2002 to 2012 he also served as mayor of the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district .

In January 2009, Applebaum was appointed to the city executive by Gérald Tremblay . He joined the local Union Montréal party and was responsible for sports and leisure. When Tremblay resigned on November 5, 2012 on charges of corruption, Applebaum was considered a promising candidate for nomination as a candidate for the Union Montréal. However, the party's choice fell on Richard Deschamps, allegedly because of insufficient knowledge of French . Applebaum immediately resigned from the party and ran as an independent. On November 16, 2012, the city council elected him interim mayor, and he prevailed with 31 to 29 votes. Applebaum was the first Anglophone mayor since Henry Archer Ekers in 1908 and the first Jew in this office. He announced that he would not run in the November 2013 mayoral election.

On June 17, 2013, the UPAC anti-corruption unit arrested Applebaum in his apartment. He was charged with 14 charges, including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust and corruption in urban affairs. The offenses against which he was charged were related to construction projects between 2006 and 2011 when he was the mayor of the city district. The following day Applebaum announced his resignation as mayor, emphasizing that the allegations against him were unfounded. Documents uncovered in October 2013 showed that the corruption cases date back to 2002.

Applebaum was found guilty on eight of 14 counts and sentenced to three years' imprisonment (including two years probation) on March 30, 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ René Brummer: Applebaum: It's time to work for the citizens of Montreal. The Gazette , November 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Janice Arnold: Montreal gets its first Jewish mayor. The Canadian Jewish News, November 19, 2012, accessed October 28, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Applebaum affair: déception dans Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Radio Canada, October 4, 2012, accessed October 28, 2013 (French).
  4. ^ A b Michael Applebaum elected mayor of Montreal. CTV , November 16, 2012, accessed October 28, 2013 .
  5. ↑ a b Michael Applebaum chosen Montreal's interim mayor. Toronto Star , November 16, 2012, accessed October 28, 2013 .
  6. ^ Interim Montreal mayor arrested. Associated Press , June 17, 2013, accessed October 28, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Michael Applebaum corruption allegations run deep. CTV , October 4, 2013, accessed October 28, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Michael Applebaum sentenced to 12 months behind bars. CBC, March 30, 2017, accessed May 2, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Applebaum, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal