Olivier-Napoléon Drouin (1862–1934) was a Canadian politician, the mayor of
Quebec City
Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...
from 1910 to 1916. He also initiated the
Rock City Tobacco company with his brothers Alexis and Edmond.
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 Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator.
Biography
He was born on January 6, 1854, in Beloeil, Canada East to Joseph Choquette and Thaïs Audet. He studied at U ...
. 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
1862 births
1934 deaths
20th-century mayors of places in Quebec
Mayors of Quebec City
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