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List Of Mayors Of Longueuil, Quebec
This article is a list about the mayors of Longueuil, Quebec and the municipalities that were folded into Longueuil to make the current city. History Before 1961, seven separate communities existed to form what is today known as Longueuil. They merged over the following decades, and Longueuil reached its current state. This section lists a series of mergers involving Longueuil. In ''italic'' is the surviving municipality. 1961-1969 On January 28, 1961 these communities merged, keeping Longueuil's namesake: * '' Longueuil'' * Montréal-Sud 1969-2001 In 1969, Longueuil merged again with another neighbouring city: * '' Longueuil'' * Ville Jacques-Cartier In October, 1971, neighbouring Saint-Hubert had a merger as well: * '' Saint-Hubert'' * Laflèche 2002-2005 On January 1, 2002, Longueuil and seven other south shore municipalities merged: * '' Longueuil'' * Boucherville * Brossard * Greenfield Park * LeMoyne * Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville * Saint-Hubert * Saint-Lambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longueuil
Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census totalled 239,700, making it Montreal's second largest suburb, the fifth most populous city in Quebec and twentieth largest in Canada. Charles Le Moyne founded Longueuil as a ''seigneurie'' in 1657. It would become a parish in 1845, a village in 1848, a town in 1874 and a city in 1920. Between 1961 and 2002, Longueuil's borders grew three times, as it was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities; there was a strong de-amalgamation in 2006 (see 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec). Longueuil is a residential, commercial and industrial city. It incorporates some urban features, but is essentially a suburb. Longueuil can be classified as a commuter town as a lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Parent
Sylvie Parent is a Canadian politician. She was mayor of Longueuil, Quebec from November 5, 2017 to November 14, 2021. She was the second female mayor in the city's history. Biography Parent was educated at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières where she earned a bachelor's degree in psychoeducation. Before entering politics, she worked for the Director of Youth Protection in Montreal and for the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec as a returning officer. She was first elected to Longueuil City Council in the 2009 Quebec municipal elections in the district of Fatima-du Parcours-du-Cerf. On council, she was the head of the city's Finance and Human Resources Commission and was co-chair of the Budget, Finance and Administration Commission for Urban agglomeration of Longueuil. Parent was the right-hand woman of mayor Caroline St-Hilaire during her time in office, and succeeded her as head of the Action Longueuil party in April 2017. In the 2017 mayoral election, she narrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline St-Hilaire
Caroline St-Hilaire (born November 16, 1969 in Longueuil, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who served as Mayor of Longueuil under the banner of Action Longueuil from November 10, 2009 to November 5, 2017. She was previously a Member of Parliament, representing the Bloc Québécois for the riding of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher. In 2022, she ran as a Coalition Avenir Québec candidate in Sherbrooke for the provincial election, and lost to incumbent MNA Christine Labrie. Member of Parliament (1997–2008) St-Hilaire was re-elected in the 2000 Canadian federal election and again in the 2004 Canadian federal election. She served as the Bloc's Deputy House leader from 2000 to 2004 and has served as the critic to the Status of Women, Amateur Sport, Persons with Disabilities and critic to the Minister of Transport. Her committee duties included the Government Operations and Estimates Committee as well as the Commons SubCommittee on International Human Rights where she served as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Olivier
Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier, PC (born April 14, 1944) is a Canadian politician, businessman and labour leader. He was mayor of Longueuil, Quebec, from 2001 until 2005 and is a former Member of Parliament. Background and early career A hospital worker in his youth, Olivier was elected president of the trade union local at Charles-LeMoyne Hospital and treasurer of Quebec's National Federation of Hospital Employees. In 1970, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Olivier as an aide to the Canadian Cabinet on labour relations. Election to Federal Parliament and Federal political role In the 1972 election, Olivier was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Longueuil. He served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Labour from 1976 to 1978. Following the 1980 election, Olivier was elected chair of the Liberal Party's Quebec caucus. In January 1984, Trudeau appointed Olivier to the Cabinet as Minister of Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Gladu
Claude Gladu (born January 13, 1942) is the former mayor of the city of Longueuil, Quebec. He served as mayor from 1994 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2009. Gladu started his career as a firefighter for Ville Jacques-Cartier in the 1960s. He first served as a city councillor in 1982, and during the 1980s was the president of the Société de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal (now the Réseau de transport de Longueuil). Gladu served as the mayor of Longueuil from 1994 to 2001. The pre-2001 city of Longueuil merged with the surrounding municipalities of Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Hubert and Saint-Lambert on January 1, 2002. Jacques Olivier was elected mayor of the merged municipality. In 2005, Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert voted to demerge from Longueuil. The demerger took effect on January 1, 2006. Following the demerger referendums, Gladu, leader of the Parti Municipal de Longueu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Ferland
Roger Ferland is a retired politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was the mayor of Longueuil from 1987 to 1994, having previously served as a school commissioner and as a member of the Longueuil city council. Private life and school commissioner Ferland was a computer specialist in private life who worked for several years with Hydro-Québec. He was first elected as a school commissioner in 1972, and at one time he served as a school board chair. City councillor Ferland was a founding member of the ''Parti municipal de Longueuil'' and was first elected to council under its banner in 1978. The results of the 1978 election were inconclusive: '' Parti civique de Longueuil'' leader Marcel Robidas was re-elected as mayor, but the ''Parti municipal'' won nine of seventeen seats and initially held a functioning majority on council until one of its representatives was expelled from the party. Ferland served as the ''Parti municipals main spokesperson on council in this period in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Finet
Jacques Finet is a former politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served as mayor of Longueuil from 1982 to 1987 as leader of the ''Parti municipal de Longueuil''. Early life and city councillor Jacques Finet worked for Hydro-Québec prior to his election as Longueuil's mayor. He was first elected to the Longueuil City Council as a city councillor in the 1978 municipal election, representing the city's tenth ward. The overall result of this election was inconclusive: Marcel Robidas of the rival '' Parti civique de Longueuil'' was re-elected as mayor, but the ''Parti municipal'' won nine of seventeen seats and held a functioning majority until one of its representatives was expelled from the party. ''Parti municipal'' leader Paul Viau resigned in 1981, and Jacques Finet was chosen without opposition to become his successor. Mayor Finet defeated Robidas by the narrow margin of eighty-two votes in the 1982 municipal election to become mayor of Longueuil, and the ''Parti mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Robidas
Marcel Robidas (November 4, 1923 – May 17, 2009) was a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. Best known for serving as mayor of Longueuil from 1966 to 1982, Robidas was also a prominent supporter of Quebec sovereignty. Early life and military career Robidas was born to a working class family in Montreal. When he was twelve years old, his father died of cancer; as the eldest son in his family, he was required to take over the running of a billiards room that his father had purchased shortly before his death. Robidas joined Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal during World War II and saw action as an infantryman in Belgium, France, and Germany. He met his wife Renée Lacour while overseas; the couple had fourteen children, twelve of whom were still alive at the time of his death. In 1947, he received a bachelor's degree from the Université de Montréal in social sciences, economics, and political science. Municipal politician Robidas was first elected to the Longueuil City Council in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pratt
Paul Pratt (25 November 1894 – 8 May 1967) was a Canadian clarinetist, pianist, conductor, music educator, composer, and public administrator. His compositional output includes marches, waltzes, a ''Fantaisie-Impromptu'' for band, and some works for solo piano. Life and career Born in Longueuil, Pratt studied in his native city before moving to Montreal where he was a pupil of Orpha-F. Deveaux, , and François Héraly (clarinet) at the Conservatoire national de musique. He earned a lauréat diploma in the clarinet from the conservatoire in 1912. In 1913 he joined the music faculty of the Collège de Longueuil where he taught courses in piano and clarinet and conducted the college's orchestra and band until 1920. During these years he also served as the Longueuil Concert Society's orchestra conductor and bandmaster, and taught solfège at the Société St-Jean-Baptiste. Pratt was a clarinetist in the Symphonie Dubois in 1916–1917 and in the Canadian Grenadier Guards B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Thurber
Alexandre Thurber (April 2, 1871 – April 19, 1958) was an industrialist and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chambly in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1923 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1936 as a Liberal. He was born in Montreal, the son of Alexandre Thurber and Émiline Davignon who was the daughter of Pierre Davignon. Thurber was educated at the Collège de Longueuil. He worked as a clerk for fifteen years and then became an iron manufacturer at Longueuil. In 1894, he married Rose-Anne Larocque. Thurber served as mayor of Longueuil from 1915 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1935. He was first elected in the 1923 Quebec general election and re-elected in 1927, but did not run for reelection to the assembly 1931. He was elected again in 1935, but defeated by Hortensius Béïque in 1936. Thurber died in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amédée Geoffrion
Amédée Geoffrion (February 6, 1867 – January 25, 1935) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. Geoffrion was born in Varennes, Canada East on February 6, 1867, to Élie Geoffrion and Marguerite Beauchamp. He studied at Collège de l'Assomption and Université Laval in Montreal. He was admitted to the Bar of Quebec on January 10, 1889. Geoffrion's brother in law was Ernest Tétreau. He was the grandfather of Jérôme Choquette. Geoffrion practiced law in Montreal alongside Joseph-Émery Robidoux, Dominique Monet, Victor Cusson and Omer Goyette. Political career Geoffrion was a Quebec Liberal Party candidate in the provincial riding of Verchères in 1904, although lost. He ran for the Liberals in Verchères again in 1908 and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. He was re-elected in 1912, although stepped down on August 17, 1912. Geoffrion served as mayor of Longueuil from July 1908 until July 1912, at the same time he was MLA for Verchà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
