List of mayors of Shawinigan explained

The Mayor is the highest elected official in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. Since its incorporation in 1901, the city has had twenty mayors.

bgcolor=#cccccc		bgcolor=#cccccc	Mayor	bgcolor=#cccccc	Taking Office	bgcolor=#cccccc	Leaving
1	Vivian Burrill	1901	1902
2	Arthur Dufresne	1902	1902
3	Beaudry Leman	1902	1908 ^[1]
1	Vivian Burrill	1908	1913
4	Joseph-Auguste Frigon^[2]	1913	1915
5	Edmond Thibaudeau	1915	1917
4	Joseph-Auguste Frigon	1917	1918
6	Napoléon Désaulniers	1918	1920
7	Joseph-Alexis Dufresne^[3]	1920	1928
6	Napoléon Désaulniers	1928	1930
8	Albert Gigaire	1930	1936
9	Lucien Bourassa	1936	1937 ^[4]
10	Alexandre Gélinas	1937	1938
11	J.A. Bilodeau	1938	1946
12	François Roy	1946	1954
13	Gaston Hardy^[5]	1954	1957 ^[6]
14	Armand Foucher	1957	1963 ^[7]
15	Gérard Dufresne^[8]	1963	1966
16	Maurice Bruneau	1966	1970
17	Dominique Grenier	1970	1986
18	Roland Désaulniers	1986	1994
19	Lise Landry	1994	2009
20	Michel Angers	2009	Current

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.

Notes and References

1. Leman resigned before the end of his last term. The City Councillors chose Vivian Burill to fill the vacancy. Vivian Burill served as Acting Mayor from June 15, 1908, to January 2, 1909.
2. From 1927 to 1935, Frigon was the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Saint-Maurice.
3. In 1908, 1912, 1919 and 1923, J.-A. Dufresne was the Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Saint-Maurice. Each time he lost.
4. Bourassa died before the end of his term. Alexandre Gélinas was elected mayor on May 3, 1937, and served until July 2, 1938.
5. In 1956 and 1960, Hardy was the Union Nationale candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice, against incumbent MLA René Hamel. Each time he lost.
6. Hardy resigned before the end of his term. Armand Foucher was elected mayor on February 11, 1957.
7. Foucher resigned before the end of his term. The City Councillors chose Henri Désaulniers to fill the vacancy. Henri Désaulniers served as Acting Mayor from September 3 to November 1, 1963.
8. The name of the Mayor of Trois-Rivières during the same period was also Gérard Dufresne.