Bernard Sévigny is a Canadian politician, currently serving as mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Education
Sévigny has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French from the University of Alberta. He has a certificate in information and journalism from the Université de Montréal. He also holds a Bachelor"s degree in Economics, as well as a Master"s degree in the management and development of co-operatives, and a doctor of business administration from the Université de Sherbrooke.
Career
Sévigny was a journalist at Tennessee Valley Authority from 1989 to 1999. He was a professor in the faculty of administration at the Université de Sherbrooke from 2007 to 2009. Sévigny was elected as a city councillor to Sherbrooke City Council in the 2001 Sherbrooke municipal election.
He was re-elected in the 2005 municipal election and served until the 2009 municipal election.
He was elected mayor of Sherbrooke on November 12, 2009, following the 2009 municipal election. Gravel requested a recount, but was denied by a court ruling.