- Lucien Mongrain
Lucien Mongrain is a
Canadian politician and the currentMayor of Trois-Rives,Mauricie inCanada .Background
He was born in
Shawinigan , Mauricie onJune 24 ,1932 . He worked as a mechanic and inforestry . [Francine Juneau & Hélène Beaudry Bellemare, Une municipalité, deux maires, Trois-Rives, Les 25 ans de Trois-Rives]Political career
He ran as for election as Mayor of Trois-Rives, then known as Boucher, in 1978, but lost against Elphège Desrosiers.
Mongrain ran again in 1981 and defeated the
incumbent .He was re-elected in 1985 and won every subsequent election in 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/special/2005/11/02/025-MUN-ACCLAMATION-MAURICIE.shtml Élus sans opposition - Mauricie, Radio-Canada, November 6, 2005] ]
During Mongrain's tenure (in 2007), a fire department that services Trois-Rives, as well as Grandes-Piles and Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac was established. [ [http://www.lhebdodustmaurice.com/article-133788-Eteindre-des-feux-a-la-chaudiere-cest-fini-Lucien-Mongrain.html «Éteindre des feux à la chaudière, c'est fini!» – Lucien Mongrain, Hugo Lemay, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, August 28, 2007] ]
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