List of mayors of Shawinigan


The Mayor is the highest elected official in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. Since its incorporation in 1901, the city has had twenty mayors.
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1Vivian Burrill19011902
2Arthur Dufresne19021902
3Beaudry Leman19021908
1Vivian Burrill19081913
4Joseph-Auguste Frigon19131915
5Edmond Thibaudeau19151917
4Joseph-Auguste Frigon19171918
6Napoléon Désaulniers19181920
7Joseph-Alexis Dufresne19201928
6Napoléon Désaulniers19281930
8Albert Gigaire19301936
9Lucien Bourassa19361937
10Alexandre Gélinas19371938
11J.A. Bilodeau19381946
12François Roy19461954
13Gaston Hardy19541957
14Armand Foucher19571963
15Gérard Dufresne19631966
16Maurice Bruneau19661970
17Dominique Grenier19701986
18Roland Désaulniers19861994
19Lise Landry19942009
20Michel Angers2009Current

Officially, elections to the Shawinigan Council are on a non-partisan basis. In recent history however, mayors of Shawinigan have been generally Liberal leaning. Gérard Dufresne, Dominique Grenier, Roland Désaulniers and Lise Landry were or have been card-carrying supporters of the Quebec Liberal Party and the Liberal Party of Canada.

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