François Roy (1896–1970) was a local politician in

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. He was the 12th Mayor of

from 1946 to 1954. Roy was born in 1896 in Rivière-des-Prairies, near

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. He successfully ran for mayor in 1946 and was re-elected in 1948 and 1951. The current Shawinigan City Hall (located in downtown Shawinigan at 550 Avenue de l’Hôtel-de-Ville) was constructed in 1948 under his tenure. The structure has an

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architectural style and is similar to the

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. Roy also unveiled the Monument des Braves. He ran for mayor again in 1963 but lost to Gérard Dufresne. Roy died in Shawinigan in 1970. Union des artistes president and

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Raymond Legault performed the role of François Roy for one of

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shows.

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