Kettly Beauregard

Kettly Beauregard
Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin
In office 1994–2001
Preceded by	Réal Charest
Succeeded by	Pierre Bourque
Associate Member of the Montreal Executive Committee responsible for Cultural Relations
In office 1997–2001
Succeeded by	Helen Fotopulos
Chair of the Montreal Urban Community's Public Security Committee
In office 1994–1997
Preceded by	Peter Yeomans
Succeeded by	Claire St-Arnaud

Kettly Beauregard is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She served on the Montreal city council from 1994 to 2001, representing Marie-Victorin as a member of Vision Montreal. She has also sought election to the Canadian House of Commons and the National Assembly of Quebec. Beauregard was the first black city councillor in Montreal's history.

Beauregard was born to a middle class family in Haiti and was raised in the affluent suburban community of Pétion-Ville. She moved to Canada in 1972 and later received a degree in Political Science from the Université du Québec à Montréal (1981). From 1990 to 1994, she was the leader of Service d'aide communautaire, providing social services in the Côte-des-Neiges area.

Beauregard was first elected to city council in the 1994 municipal election, as the co-listed candidate with Vision Montreal party leader Pierre Bourque in Marie-Victorin. As Bourque was elected in the mayoral contest, she assumed the council seat. A few days after her election, she was quoted as saying, "I was accepted in a district that is 80 per cent Québécois. By doing that, Quebec society made a statement. People accepted me to be their spokesman. I'm very proud of that. But work is needed on both sides. Cultural communities also have to try to get to know the other side." She added that Montreal police officers needed to become more aware of cultural communities in the city and to reject negative cultural stereotypes.

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