Roland Désaulniers
Roland Désaulniers has been a local businessman and politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the 18th Mayor of Shawinigan, Quebec from 1986 to 1994. He successfully ran as Mayor of Shawinigan in 1986 and was re-elected in 1990. He did not run for re-election in 1994. Désaulniers, who is a Canadian federalism, federalist, took the stump in local rallies in 1995 Quebec referendum, 1995 to oppose the Quebec sovereignty movement. He has often been mentioned by the media as a potential Liberal Party of Quebec, Liberal candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec, provincial legislature but has never thrown his hat in the ring so far. He has also been chairman of the board of administrators for La Cité de l'Énergie, a theme park based on local industrial history with a observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie, observation tower.
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Shawinigan, Quebec
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 to ...
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