- Edmond Thibaudeau
Edmond Thibaudeau, also known as "L'Orignal à Thibaudeau", was a local politician in
Shawinigan, Quebec . He was the Mayor ofShawinigan, Quebec from 1915 to 1917.He was born in 1872 in Saint-Grégoire,
Centre-du-Québec and hasAcadian ancestry.In the early 1900s, Thibaudeau operated a small private power plant on the
Saint-Maurice River and was therefore competing with theShawinigan, Water & Power Company for the local distribution of electricity.Thibaudeau his most remembered for his flamboyant personality. He earned his nickname, "L'Orignal à Thibaudeau" (Thibaudeau the Moose), after he regularly rode through the streets of Shawinigan on a moose-drawn carriage. [Épopée de Shawinigan, Gérard Filteau, 1943] [ [http://www3.sympatico.ca/maurice.thibaudeau/jedmondt.htm Joseph-Edmond Thibaudeau] ]
Thibaudeau was a City Councillor from 1904 to 1909 and from 1913 to 1915. He successfully ran for Mayor in 1915 against
incumbent Joseph-Auguste Frigon .Under his tenure the first streets (Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets) were paved. [Fabien LaRochelle, Shawinigan depuis 75 ans, 1976]
Thibaudeau was defeated by Joseph-Auguste Frigon in 1917.
He died in 1957.
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Mayors of Shawinigan
*Mauricie
*Shawinigan, Quebec
*Shawinigan, Water & Power Company
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