- Napoléon Désaulniers
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J.-H.-Napoléon Désaulniers was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He served two non-consecutive terms as the sixth Mayor of Shawinigan.[1]
He was born in 1875 in Nicolet, Centre-du-Québec. He was a Conservative machine politician and was a notary.
Désaulniers served as a council member in Shawinigan from 1911 to 1913.
He also was the mayor of the city from 1918 to 1920 and 1928 to 1930.
He was in office when World War I came to an end.
He died in Shawinigan in 1958.
Avenue Désaulniers near Collège de Shawinigan was named to honor him.
Footnotes
- ^ Fabien LaRochelle, Shawinigan depuis 75 ans, 1976
See also
- Mayors of Shawinigan
- Mauricie
- Shawinigan, Quebec
Political offices Preceded by
Joseph-Auguste FrigonMayors of Shawinigan
1918–1920Succeeded by
Joseph-Alexis DufresnePreceded by
Joseph-Alexis DufresneMayors of Shawinigan
1928–1930Succeeded by
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