| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Motto: | Ensemble vers l'avenir ("Together towards the future") |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.4833°N -130°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mauricie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Maskinongé |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1850s |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | April 12, 1865 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Robert Gauthier |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Maskinongé |
| Area Total Km2: | 129.50 |
| Area Land Km2: | 117.91 |
| Population Total: | 1676 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 14.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1130 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0X 2N0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Before January 15, 2005 it was known simply as Saint-Élie.[1]
Located in the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains, its territory is dotted with lakes. The more prominent lakes are Des Souris, Goulet, and Grand Long Lakes, which are densely lined with summer cottages.
Storyteller and musician Fred Pellerin was born in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, which is the setting of many of his published stories.[2]
The Gale and Duberger Map of 1795 already identified the area as Caxton Township, named after an English village situated about 15 kilometers from Cambridge. In 1839, it was officially formed as a geographic township.[3]
Colonization of Caxton Township was delayed because the land sold in 1833 was not yet allocated, with the owners apparently missing. In 1863, it had only 30 families. Two years later in 1865, the Parish and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Élie was formed. It got its name from Joseph-Élie-Sylvestre Sirois-Duplessis (1795–1878), parish priest of Saint-Basile-de-Madawaska (1826–1831), Saint-Stanislas-de-Champlain (1831–1846), and Saint-Barnabé-de-Saint-Maurice (1846–1865), and also one of the first priests of Saint-Élie.[4]
In 1872, the Saint-Élie post office opened.[4]
On December 31, 2001, Saint-Élie was transferred from the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM to the Maskinongé RCM, following the formation of the new City of Shawinigan and the dissolution of the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM. On January 15, 2005, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Élie became the Municipality of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.[4]
Population trend:[5]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 766 (total dwellings: 1130)
Mother tongue:
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official.[6] Officially, mayoral elections in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton are on a non-partisan basis.
| bgcolor=#cccccc | bgcolor=#cccccc | Mayor | bgcolor=#cccccc | Took office | bgcolor=#cccccc | Left office | |
| 1 | Calixte Bellefeuille | 1868 | 1870 | ||||
| 2 | Alexandre Lefebvre | 1870 | 1872 | ||||
| 3 | Frédéric Pellerin | 1872 | 1874 | ||||
| 4 | Pierre Gagnon | 1874 | 1878 | ||||
| 5 | Héraclée Beaulieu | 1878 | 1880 | ||||
| 6 | Joseph Matteau | 1880 | 1881 | ||||
| 7 | Narcisse Auger | 1881 | 1884 | ||||
| 8 | Joseph Matteau | 1884 | 1889 | ||||
| 9 | Pierre Deschênes | 1889 | 1890 | ||||
| 10 | Alexis Blanchette | 1887 | 1890 | ||||
| 11 | Élie Héroux | 1890 | 1892 | ||||
| 4 | Pierre Gagnon | 1892 | 1893 | ||||
| 5 | Héraclée Beaulieu | 1893 | 1897 | ||||
| 12 | Narcisse Beaulieu | 1897 | 1898 | ||||
| 13 | Bélonie Garceau | 1898 | 1899 | ||||
| 14 | Israël Deschênes | 1899 | 1902 | ||||
| 15 | Joseph Deschênes | 1902 | 1903 | ||||
| 16 | Édouard Carufel | 1903 | 1906 | ||||
| 17 | Philippe Beauchemin | 1906 | 1907 | ||||
| 18 | Majorique Lafrenière | 1907 | 1909 | ||||
| 19 | Évariste Beaulieu | 1909 | 1910 | ||||
| 20 | Paul Garceau | 1910 | 1913 | ||||
| 21 | Odilon Lamy | 1913 | 1916 | ||||
| 22 | Elzéard Rivard | 1916 | 1920 | ||||
| 23 | Edmond Grenier | 1920 | 1921 | ||||
| 22 | Elzéard Rivard | 1921 | 1923 | ||||
| 24 | Napoléon Pellerin | 1923 | 1931 | ||||
| 25 | Arthur Philibert | 1931 | 1933 | ||||
| 26 | Alfred Gélinas | 1933 | 1935 | ||||
| 27 | Edmond Samson | 1935 | 1937 | ||||
| 28 | Nérée Guillemette | 1937 | 1938 | ||||
| 29 | Zéphirin Garceau | 1938 | 1939 | ||||
| 30 | Elzéard Rivard | 1939 | 1945 | ||||
| 31 | Lucien F. Garant | 1945 | 1953 | ||||
| 32 | William Lafrenière | 1953 | 1961 | ||||
| 33 | Roland Legris | 1961 | 1965 | ||||
| 34 | Eugène Philibert | 1965 | 1968 | ||||
| 33 | Roland Legris | 1968 | 1987 | ||||
| 35 | Jean-Claude Grenier | 1987 | 1989 | ||||
| 36 | André Garant [7] | 1989 | 2001 | ||||
| 37 | Agathe Lampron | 2001 | 2005 | ||||
| 36 | André Garant | 2005 | 2013 | ||||
| 38 | Réjean Audet | 2013 | 2017 | ||||
| 39 | Robert Gauthier | 2017 | Current |