Martine Beaugrand Explained

Martine Beaugrand
Order1:7th Mayor of Laval
Term Start1:July 3, 2013
Term End1:November 2013
Predecessor1:Basile Angelopoulos (acting)
Alexandre Duplessis
Successor1:Marc Demers
Office2:Laval City Councillor for District 20 (Fabreville)
Term Start2:2009
Term End2:July 3, 2013
Predecessor2:André Boileau
Successor2:Vacant
Birth Date:15 March 1961
Party:Parti PRO des Lavalloisindependent

Martine Beaugrand (March 15, 1961 – July 9, 2024) was a Canadian politician, who was acclaimed as the new interim mayor of Laval, Quebec on July 3, 2013 following the resignation of Alexandre Duplessis.[1] She was the city's first female mayor.

Beaugrand was first elected to Laval City Council in the 2009 municipal election, representing the Fabreville ward as a member of the Parti PRO des Lavallois, and sat as an independent councillor from the time of the party's dissolution in 2012. She was one of only two city councillors, along with France Dubreuil, who was not alleged to have been involved in the municipal corruption scandal that has affected the city since the resignation of Gilles Vaillancourt in 2012.

She did not run for another term in the 2013 municipal election.

Beaugrand died on July 9, 2024, at the age of 63.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://montrealgazette.com/news/Councillor+Martine+Beaugrand+becomes+Laval+mayor/8612686/story.html "Councillor Martine Beaugrand becomes new Laval mayor"
  2. https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/former-laval-mayor-martine-beaugrand-passes-away-7060 "Former Laval Mayor Martine Beaugrand Passes Away"