- Yves Lévesque
Yves Lévesque is a
Canadian politician and the current Mayor of Trois-Rivières.City Councillor
He won his first electoral victory in 1994, when he became Councilmember in
Trois-Rivières-Ouest . [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070823/CPNOUVELLISTE/708230646/5052/CPNOUVELLISTE L'ex-maire Gilles Beaudoin s'éteint, Le Nouvelliste, August 23, 2007] ] and was re-elected in 1998.Mayor of Trois-Rivières
In the wake of the province-wide municipal merging of 2001, he ran for Mayor of Trois-Rivières and won an upset victory against favorite candidate and
Cap-de-la-Madeleine MayorAlain Croteau . In the 2003 provincial election, he campaigned in favor of the re-election ofParti Québécois incumbent Guy Julien , who lost.In 2005, Julien ran against Lévesque for Mayor, but the incumbent was easily re-elected with 70% of the vote. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/special/2005/11/06/021-EM-mcq_levesque.shtml Yves Lévesque l'emporte facilement, Radio-Canada, November 7, 2005] ]
In the 2007 provincial election, Lévesque's preference for ADQ candidate
Sébastien Proulx was not formally announced, but was not a secret for most observers. [ [http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-3-27/53420.html Protest Party Seen as Big Winner in Quebec Vote, The Epoch Times, March 27, 2007] ] Proulx ended up winning.Recently, Lévesque has been trying to get the "
Trois-Rivières Draveurs ", a franchise of theQuebec Major Junior Hockey League , back in town. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/mauricie/2007/05/30/003-hockey_trois_rivieres.shtml Le retour des Draveurs ?, Radio-Canada, May 30, 2007] ]Footnotes
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