Michael Applebaum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michael Applebaum

Canadian politician; mayor of Montreal since 2012

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1963

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Michael Mark Applebaum (born February 10, 1963) 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.
On March 30, 2017, he was sentenced to a year in prison and two years probation for his role in extorting $60 000 worth of bribes from real estate developers as borough mayor in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce between 2006 and 2012.Applebaum was first elected city councillor for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on November 6, 1994 as a member of the now defunct Parti des Montréalais.
In 2001, he would become a founding member of the Union Montréal party and rise to prominence as part of Mayor Gerard Tremblay's administration, serving as borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from January 1, 2002 to November 21, 2012, and becoming chair of the city's powerful executive committee in 2011.
He would be appointed interim mayor by city council after leaving the party as increased scrutiny of corruption within the administration prompted Tremblay's resignation.On June 17, 2013 he was arrested and indicted on 14 charges including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs He resigned the following day.
On January 26, 2017, Applebaum was found guilty of eight of these charges.
On June 6, 2017, Applebaum was granted parole two months after serving one-sixth of his sentence.