Stephan Gendron

Stephan Gendron , born the December 22nd 1967, with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu with the Quebec, with the Canada is a lawyer, politician, radio presenter and of television. He is the mayor of Hundingdon, municipality of 3000 hearts of the area of the High-Saint-Laurent. Populist, Stephan Gendron owes primarily her reputation at her causing media outings referring to known people of the Québécois scene. It has the appearance of a " today; protestor populaire" as well with the radio as on television, having for role to hold of the shocking remarks and public interest (" human interest" to quote Michel Chartrand).

Personal life

Wire of a logger of Gaspésie and a schoolmistress mother of row, it grew with Saint-Remi, in Montérégie. Gendron is graduate in right of the Université of Montreal, and graduate in history of the Université of Massachussettes to Lowell, Massachusetts, in the district " Small Canada" , on the street Austin with the the United States.

He is father of four children, Virginia, William, Clothilde and Clovis (deceased).

Political career

Mayor of the municipality of Huntingdon, of which it gives to the city its wages of 18.000 $ per year, Stephan Gendron initially made known himself when it decided to impose a curfew on it to the minors to decrease youthful vandalism. Measurement, unusual, having caused much controversy, it was invited to many emissions to put forward its ideas, where its qualities of communicator were noticed. The idea of a Couvre-feu in Huntingdon was finally given up by the municipal council.

It already was in the team of Jean Garon with the Parti Québécois. In 2006, Gendron confirmed to be approached by the Conservative party of Canada. Generally, Gendron is seen as being of right-hand side, but with positions favorable to the Avortement and the marriage of of the same couples sex. It already indicated on the waves that it would like to be a leader of its political own party.

Career in the media

Stephan Gendron became stimulating of “Curfew”, a radio broadcast with the 98,5 FM with Montreal. It was also Co-organizer with Richard Desmarais and Gilles Proulx of the emission the lawyer and the devil with the television network TQS of 2005 with 2006. March 30th, 2007, it was erased of its functions to the 98,5 FM for its emission of the return “the Curfew”. It is found now without microphone. This period of mourning will not have lasted a long time since Gendron animates starting from June 22nd, 2007 an emission of public affairs on the waves of channel 172 of satellite radio XM. The emission is also diffused into simultaneous and differed on Internet site http://www.stephanegendron.net

Controversies

the July 13rd and the July 24th 2005, with the emission " Franc-Parler" , on the waves of the 98,5 FM, where it was invited to comment on the topicality, Stephan Gendron criticizes the decision of the government of Quebec which, calling upon a lack of scientific data, hesitated to make available the Herceptin, a drug against the Breast cancer. Gendron treats the Prime Minister Jean Charest of “murderer”, of “imbecile” and of “liar”, die the world shows it “to make” and insinuates that he suffers from a “cancer of the brain”. The mayor of Huntingdon adds that if his own wife were reached of a breast cancer, it would go itself to Quebec to manage a “beating” with Jean Charest, who of “would eat all one” according to him. The Prime Minister will forward a Injunction to Stephan Gendron, who will excuse himself in waves. It was about the first, and only time, that Jean Charest reacted by the means of lawyers to a personal load launched by the media. Ironically, the government made Herceptin accessible the July 22nd.
In waves with TQS in August 2006, at the time of the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon, Gendron compared the Israelis with “Nazis of modern times”. The organizer was in a hurry to moderate its intentions, and to specify that it aimed at the government of the State of Israel and not its population.
In December 2006, Gendron was sanctioned by the Barreau of Quebec, which declared it guilty of two infringements to its code of Déontologie. With TQS the May 31st 2006, the organizer had attacked judge Lise Side of the Court of Appeal, following a sorrow considered to be too lenient at the place of a incestueux father having attacked his 4 year old daughter and diffused the images of the aggressions on Internet. Stephan Gendron had treated Côté judge of “very dishonourable”, of “judge without judgment”, “erudite ignorant judge déchue intellectually”, of “cursed thick”, “national shame”, “insane”, “frustrated woman” and “maidservant of service”. The lawyer did not present himself to the hearing of his in October cause, then burned the judgment in waves on television.
the December 18th 2006, it was returned of TQS because of the too great number of complaints carried against him. Main concern estimates that, as opposed to what the network mentioned in his official statement, it informed forever of the complaints at his place. He also affirms that its participation in the emission Everyone speaks about it with Radio-Canada displeased with its owners.
the March 28th 2007, one learns that the day before, Corus Quebec decide not to renew the contract organizer of the emission the Curfew, it must thus leave the station, without being congédié.

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