Ulrick Chérubin
| Ulrick Chérubin | |
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Ulrick Chérubin during an event associated to Amos' centennial celebration.
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| Mayor of Amos, Quebec | |
| In office 2002 – September 25, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Murielle Angers-Turpin |
| Succeeded by | Donald Blanchet |
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| Born | December 24, 1943 Jacmel, Haiti |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Amos, Quebec |
| Spouse(s) | Immacula Morriset[1] |
| Profession | Teacher |
Ulrick Chérubin (December 24, 1943 – September 25, 2014) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Amos, Quebec, from 2002 until his death in 2014.[2] He was one of the first Black Canadians to be elected a mayor in Quebec. Like other black mayors in Quebec history, Chérubin led a municipality which is virtually entirely white and Québécois.[3]
Early life
The youngest of five children, Chérubin was born in Jacmel, Haiti, in 1943.[4] He was educated in Haiti, where he was a childhood friend and classmate of Michel Adrien, who would later become mayor of Mont-Laurier, Quebec.[3] He moved to Canada in 1970 to study education at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières,[5] and subsequently taught religion in Cap-de-la-Madeleine.[5] In 1973, Chérubin moved to Amos, where he continued to teach, and also studied administration and English as a Second Language teaching at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.[3]
Political career
Chérubin was first elected as a municipal councillor in Amos in 1994, winning his seat with a five-hundred vote majority.[5] After being re-elected unopposed as a councillor in 1998, Chérubin was elected to the position of mayor of Amos. In 2004, he was awarded the Jackie Robinson Award, in honour of his status as a pioneering Black Canadian, by the Montreal Association of Black Business Persons and Professionals.[6]
In 2009, city councillors Charles Yancey and Chuck Turner of Boston, Massachusetts, sponsored a motion declaring January 2, 2010, to be Ulrick Chérubin Day in the City of Boston, when he visited the city.[1]
Chérubin was most recently re-elected in 2013, winning 73% of the vote in a victory over Amos municipal councillor Éric Mathieu.[7]
On November 10, 2013, Chérubin appeared on Le Banquier, the Quebec version of Deal or No Deal, where he won a total of $222,500. Chérubin, who was selected to take part in the program out of a pool of eight thousand initial applicants, appeared in order to promote and raise funds for the centennial celebration of the town of Amos.[8]
Death
On September 25, 2014, Chérubin died in Amos, aged 70, after falling ill at his residence.[2][9]
References
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- ↑ "Three honoured with Jackie Robinson Awards". The Gazette, May 9, 2004.
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- ↑ "Ulrick Cherubin, one of Canada's first black mayors, dead at 70". Sun News Network, September 25, 2014.
