Ulrick Chérubin

Ulrick Chérubin

Ulrick Chérubin during an event associated to Amos' centennial celebration.
Mayor of Amos, Quebec
In office
2002  September 25, 2014
Preceded by Murielle Angers-Turpin
Succeeded by Donald Blanchet
Personal details
Born (1943-12-24)December 24, 1943
Jacmel, Haiti
Died September 25, 2014(2014-09-25) (aged 70)
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

  1. 1 2 "Honorable Ulrick Chérubin" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, Boston, Massachusetts. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Le maire d'Amos, Ulrick Chérubin, est mort". Radio-Canada. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Blatchford, Andy (31 March 2013). "How two Haitian friends became Quebec mayors". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. "Ulrick Chérubin". Cape Breton Post (in French). 7 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Pierre, Samuel (2007). Ces Québécois venus d'Haïti (in French). Presses inter Polytechnique. pp. 451–453. ISBN 2553014112.
  6. "Three honoured with Jackie Robinson Awards". The Gazette, May 9, 2004.
  7. "Ulrick Chérubin récolte un quatrième mandat à la mairie d'Amos". Radio-Canada (in French). 3 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  8. Guindon, Martin (10 November 2013). "Ulrick Chérubin gagne 222 500 $ au Banquier". Abitibi Express (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  9. "Ulrick Cherubin, one of Canada's first black mayors, dead at 70". Sun News Network, September 25, 2014.
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