Laval is a Canadian city in southwestern Quebec,north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal,the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City,and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016.
Kwame Malik Kilpatrick is an American former politician who served as a Democratic Michigan state representative from 1997 to 2002 and mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in September 2008 after being convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to four months in jail and was released on probation after serving 99 days.
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between patriation of the British North America Act and the present day.
John Franklin Street is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. He was first elected to a term beginning on January 3,2000,and was re-elected to a second term beginning in 2004. He is a Democrat and became mayor after having served 19 years in the Philadelphia City Council,including seven years as its president,before resigning as required under the Philadelphia City Charter in order to run for mayor. He followed Ed Rendell as mayor,assuming the post on January 3,2000. Street was Philadelphia's second black mayor.
Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames was a doctor and politician who held four non-consecutive terms as mayor of Minneapolis,Minnesota. His fourth term was marked by multiple prosecutions for political corruption,extortion,and racketeering in a scandal which was publicized nationwide by muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens in a 1903 article in McClure's Magazine titled The Shame of Minneapolis. Ames was found guilty of corruption,but after a successful appeal and multiple mistrials the charges were dropped. Erik Rivenes,however,has called the downfall of Mayor Ames,"one of the greatest political scandals in Minnesota history."
Arthur Clarence Hohmann served as Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Police from 1939 to 1941,when he voluntarily relinquished the position during a police corruption scandal. Hohmann was the 40th Chief of the L.A.P.D.,succeeding acting Chief David A. Davidson in July 1939. He previously had been a lieutenant.
Corruption in the post-colonial government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta,to Daniel arap Moi's KANU,Mwai Kibaki's PNU government and the current Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party government. In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 Kenya is ranked 124th out of 180 countries for corruption,tied with Bolivia,Kyrgyzstan,Mexico,and Pakistan.
Gilles Vaillancourt is a former Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval,Quebec,from June 8,1989 until November 9,2012,when he was charged,and ultimately found guilty,with corruption and fraud. During this time Vaillancourt was also the leader of the Parti PRO des Lavallois.
The Laval City Council is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Laval,Quebec,Canada. It is composed of the mayor and 21 councillors. They are elected to four year terms with the next election scheduled for November 2025. Statutory meetings are held on the first Monday of each month.
Michael Mark Applebaum is a Canadian former politician who served as interim Mayor of Montreal between his appointment by the city council on November 16,2012 and his resignation on June 18,2013. He was the first anglophone to hold the post in over a century.
Corruption in South Africa includes the private use of public resources,bribery and improper favoritism. The 2017 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index assigned South Africa a score of 43 out of 100,ranking South Africa 71 out of 180 countries. There was a marginal improvement by 2020,when South Africa received a score of 44,ranking it 69 out of 180 countries. Nonetheless,this ranking represents a downward trajectory since it received a score of 45 in 2016. Countries with scores below 50 are believed to have serious corruption problems.
Municipal elections took place throughout Quebec,Canada,on November 1,2009,to replace mayors and councillors.
Finland's overall corruption is relatively low,according to public opinion and global indexes and standards. The Corruption Perception Index,released by Transparency International in 2017,reported that Finland is the third-most-transparent country in the world. According to a Transparency International survey,an overwhelming majority of people in Finland do not witness cases of corruption by public officials or institutions in their lifetime. Existing corruption tends to be structural,arising from a network of wealthy individuals who favor each other in business;private companies have no disclosure requirements. The few instances of corruption involving the government include decision-making in state investments,political donations,and election funding. Non-traditional types of corruption in Finland include tax evasion,gifts,hospitality,and conflicts of interest.
Place Bell is a multi-purpose arena in Laval,Quebec,Canada. The complex includes a 10,000 seat main arena which is the home of the Laval Rocket of the American Hockey League and two smaller community ice rinks,one of which has Olympic size ice.
The Commission of Inquiry on the Awarding and Management of Public Contracts in the Construction Industry was a public inquiry in Quebec,Canada into potential corruption in the management of public construction contracts.
Alexandre Duplessis is a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval,Quebec,from November 23,2012 until June 28,2013. He was selected as the new mayor of Laval,Quebec following the resignation of Gilles Vaillancourt,winning a 15-3 vote of Laval City Council over fellow councillor Jacques St-Jean. Duplessis resigned after just seven months in office following allegations of soliciting prostitutes.
Martine Beaugrand is a Canadian politician,who was acclaimed as the new interim mayor of Laval,Quebec on July 3,2013 following the resignation of Alexandre Duplessis. She is the city's first female mayor.
Marie-Maude Denis is an investigative journalist and announcer working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Montreal. Since 2008,she has been working on the public affairs program Enquête,and in September 2015 she is the successor to Alain Gravel.
Marc-AndréPlante is a Canadian politician. Since November 2017,he has been mayor of Terrebonne,Quebec,the 10th largest city in Quebec. He was elected as mayor while the Terrebonne City Council was being investigated by the Unitépermanente anticorruption.
Action Laval is a political party active at the municipal level in Québec in the City of Laval. The party was founded by the former provincial deputy for LaFontaine,Jean-Claude Gobéin April 2013,in regard of the municipal elections of November 3,2013,in the province of Quebec. Two city councilors were elected,placing the party second in the ballot and became the official opposition.
