Lucien Mongrain Explained

Lucien Mongrain (June 24, 1932 – December 9, 2022)^[1] was a Canadian politician and the Mayor of Trois-Rives, Mauricie in Canada.

Background

He was born in Shawinigan, Mauricie on June 24, 1932. He worked as a mechanic and in forestry.^[2]

Political career

He ran for election as Mayor of Trois-Rives, then known as Boucher, in 1978, but lost against Elphège Desrosiers.

Mongrain ran again in 1981 and defeated the incumbent.

He was re-elected in 1985 and won every subsequent election,^[3] running unopposed in 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013.^[4]

In 2017, he won re-election with 247 votes (62.22%) against Joël Francoeur (77 votes) and Claude Doucet (73 votes).^[5]

In 2021, he retired after forty years as mayor.^[6]

During Mongrain's tenure (in 2007), a fire department that services Trois-Rives, as well as Grandes-Piles and Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac was established.^[7] Lucien Mongrain ran a debt-free administration^[8] that oversaw an increase in property value from $3.6 million in 1978 to $119 million in 2012 and in budget from $57,236 to $1,487,971, as well as infrastructure investments.^[9]

Notes and References

1. https://www.lhebdomekinacdeschenaux.ca/actualite/trois-rives-en-deuil-de-son-ancien-maire/ Trois-Rives en deuil de son ancien maire
2. Francine Juneau & Hélène Beaudry Bellemare, Une municipalité, deux maires, Trois-Rives, Les 25 ans de Trois-Rives
3. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/special/2005/11/02/025-MUN-ACCLAMATION-MAURICIE.shtml Élus sans opposition - Mauricie, Radio-Canada, November 6, 2005
4. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/360-pm/segments/entrevue/41319/elections-municipales-lucien-mongrain-claude-doucet-joel-francoeur Elyse Allard, Sur la route des élections : arrêt à Trois-Rives, Radio-Canada, October 5, 2017
5. https://www.lhebdodustmaurice.com/actualite/elections-2017-les-resultats-dans-mekinac/ Élections 2017: les résultats dans Mékinac, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, November 6, 2017
6. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/07/20/le-doyen-des-maires-prend-sa-retraite Louis Cloutier, Le doyen des maires prend sa retraite, Le Journal de Montréal, July 20, 2021
7. Web site: «Éteindre des feux à la chaudière, c'est fini!» – Lucien Mongrain, Hugo Lemay, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, August 28, 2007 . September 2, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070831061206/http://www.lhebdodustmaurice.com/article-133788-Eteindre-des-feux-a-la-chaudiere-cest-fini-Lucien-Mongrain.html . August 31, 2007 . dead .
8. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/11/10/un-10emandat-pour-un-maire-de-85ans Amélie St-Yves, Un 10e mandat pour un maire de 85 ans, Le Journal de Montréal, November 10, 2017
9. https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/0eb2394875c179c936648487b28c7f7c Louise Plante, 30 ans de complicité municipale, Le Nouvelliste, February 20, 2012