Olivier-Napoléon Drouin (1862–1934) was a Canadian politician, the mayor of
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...
from 1910 to 1916. He also initiated the Rock City Tobacco company.
After representing Quebec City's Saint-Roch ward as alderman since 1896, Drouin won the 1910 mayoralty contest with a 1328 vote margin over his opponent, federal politician
Philippe-Auguste Choquette
Philippe-Auguste Choquette (January 6, 1854 – December 20, 1948) was a Canadians, Canadian House of Commons of Canada, Member of Parliament and Senate of Canada, Senator.
Biography
He was born on January 6, 1854, in Beloeil, Quebec, Belo ...
. Drouin won re-election to successive terms in office in 1912 and 1914. During his terms as mayor, he oversaw the annexation of the communities of Belvedère,
Limoilou and Saint-Malo to Quebec City.
After leaving the mayor's posting in 1916, Drouin chaired the Commission des chemins du Québec (Commission of routes of Quebec) between 1917 and 1922.
External links
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Commission de toponymie (Quebec): Drouin (canton)*
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ttp://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/biographies/793.html University of Sherbrooke, Bilan du Siècle: Olivier-Napoléon Drouin (1862-1934) Homme politique, homme d'affaires
1867 births
1943 deaths
Mayors of Quebec City
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