History
In 1647, Robert Giffard de Moncel was granted the Saint-Gabriel seignory that became property of the Jesuits in 1667 and Crown property in 1800. Around 1816, John Neilson (1776-1848), together with Andrew Stuart and Louis Moquin, Quebec lawyers, obtained some 50 concessions in the Saint-Gabriel seignory. This marked the start of the Val-Cartier settlement that was intended to receive Irish and Scottish colonizers. In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was formed when it was detached from Sainte-Catherine(-de-la-Jacques-Cartier) and Charlesbourg. In 1845, the Municipality of Valcartier was created in 1845 but abolished in 1847. The Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was officially established in 1855, then divided in 1862 into two municipalities: Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier. In 1985, Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier were merged again to form the current municipality.Demography
Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,124 (total dwellings: 1,204)List of mayors
Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-Ouest * 1878-1881 : Patrick Cosgrove * 1881-1882 : Ulric Gauvreau * 1882-1884 : Thomas Brown * 1884-1887 : James Burns * 1887-1890 : Thomas Brown * 1890-1895 : Samuel Clark * 1895-1903 : Thomas Brown * 1903-1909 : Lawrence Corrigan * 1909-1911 : James Bowles * 1911-1924 : Robert Hayes * 1924-1930 : Thomas Knox * 1931-1932 : Thomas Murphy * 1932-1933 : James Clark * 1933 : Albert Corrigan * 1933-1941 : John Murphy * 1941-1946 : John McCartney * 1947-1955 : Cecil Rourke * 1955-1961 : Simmons Crawford * 1961-1967 : George Murphy * 1967-1971 : John McCartney * 1972-1985 : Donat Rouleau Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier * 1878-1880 : Arthur Wolff (family of Lt. Colonel Alexander Joseph Wolff). * 1881 : Thomas Dacres * 1882 : William B. McBain * 1883 : Francis Ireland * 1884-1885 : William B. McBain * 1886-1888 : Thomas Dacres * 1889 : David B. McCartney * 1890 : Charles Jack * 1891-1896 : John McBain * 1896-1903 : William B. McBain * 1903-1905 : Lewis McBain * 1905-1906 : Thomas Knox * 1906-1908 : Andrew Brown * 1908-1914 : Thomas Knox * 1914-1923 : John McCartney * 1923-1924 : William Neil * 1924-1927 : Robert Goodfellow * 1927-1936 : Alfred J. Hicks * 1937-1940 : William Goodfellow * 1941-1946 : Irvin Jack * 1947-1948 : William Hicks * 1949-1950 : Neilson McBain * 1951-1961 : William Hicks * 1961-1969 : Russel Paquet * 1969-1988 : Lewis Jack * 1988- : Brent MontgomeryClimate
See also
*References
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{{authority control Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale Municipalities in Quebec