Jean-Baptiste Angrignon Explained

Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Angrignon (March 2, 1875 – 1948) was a Canadian politician and a city councillor in Montreal, Quebec.

Background

The son of Delphis Angrignon and Flavie Dufresne, he was born on March 2, 1875, in St-Placide, Quebec, grew up in the Deux-Montagnes, Basses-Laurentides area and was a merchant. In 1902, he married Marie-Elisabeth Skelly. He came to Montreal in 1915.

City Councillor

In 1921, he was elected to the City Council of Montreal for the district of Saint-Paul. He was re-elected in 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930 and 1932. From 1930 to 1932, Angrignon was a Member of Montreal Executive Committee from 1928 to 1930.^[1] He oversaw the development of Angrignon Park on land that belonged to the Crawford family.^[2]

He did not run for re-election in 1934.

Retirement

Angrignon died in Montreal in 1948.

Honors

The following Montreal landmarks were named to honor Jean-Baptiste Angrignon:

• Angrignon Park (named after him in 1927);^[3]
• Angrignon Metro station (completed in 1978);^[4]
• Carrefour Angrignon shopping mall^[2] (built in 1986).^[5]
• Boulevard Angrignon (named in 1993)^[6]

External links

• City of Montreal

Notes and References

1. Web site: J.-B.-A. Angrignon . City of Montreal. fr.
2. News: Angrignon n’est pas qu’un carrefour… . Le LaSalle Messager . February 1, 2010. fr.
3. Web site: Parc Angrignon . MontrealPlus . Groupe Pages Jaunes. fr.
4. Web site: Angrignon . Société de transport de Montréal.
5. Web site: Carrefour Angrignon . The Westcliff Group of Companies . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150507014631/http://www.westcliff.ca/include/centres/car_angrignon_en.php . 2015-05-07 .
6. Web site: Boulevard Angrignon . Commission toponymie Québec. fr.