Lise Landry
Lise Landry is a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. She was the 19th Mayor of the city from 1994 to 2009. Family and life prior to elective office She is married. Her husband's name is Henri. Her son Yves has been the Member for the District des Terrasses on the Trois-Rivières City Council. Prior to her election, she was political assistant to Liberal MNA Yvon Lemire. Mayor of Shawinigan Landry successfully ran as Mayor of Shawinigan in 1994 and became the first woman to serve in that function. She was re-elected in 1998 (without opposition), in 2001 (against Grand-Mère Mayor Linda Lafrenière) and in 2005. Legacy During her administration, La Cité de l'Énergie, a theme park based on local industrial history with a observation tower, was established. A number of sections of town were revitalized, including Willow Avenue and Lévis Avenue, where traffic was re-arranged into a circle and an ornamental fountain was erected. The area near the intersection ...
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Shawinigan
Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat of the judicial district of Saint-Maurice. The name Shawinigan has had numerous spellings over time: Chaouinigane, Oshaouinigane, Assaouinigane, Achawénégan, Chawinigame, Shawenigane, Chaouénigane. It may mean "south portage", "portage of beeches", "angular portage", or "summit" or "crest". Before 1958, the city was known as Shawinigan Falls. Shawinigan is the birthplace of former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien. History In 1651, the Jesuit priest Buteaux was the first European known to have travelled up the Saint-Maurice River to this river's first set of great falls. Afterwards, missionaries going t ...
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