Napoléon Champagne

Napoléon Champagne
Mayor of Ottawa
Assumed office
1908
Preceded by D'Arcy Scott
Succeeded by Charles Hopewell
Assumed office
1924
Preceded by Henry Watters
Succeeded by John P. Balharrie
Personal details
Born May 4, 1861
Lower Town, Ottawa
Died November 17, 1925
Ottawa

Napoléon Champagne (May 4, 1861 – November 17, 1925) was mayor of Ottawa in 1908 and 1924, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Ottawa East from 1911 to 1914.[1]

He was born in Lower Town, Ottawa in 1861, the son of Séraphin Champagne. He studied law in Montreal and was called to the Quebec bar in 1898; he became a member of the Ontario bar in 1901. Champagne served 14 years on Ottawa city council and also served ten years as controller. In 1908, he served as mayor after D'Arcy Scott resigned to serve on the Board of Railway Commissioners. The Champagne Bath, a fitness facility, was named after him. He took over the role of mayor in May 1924 when mayor Henry Watters died while in office. Besides serving in the provincial legislature, he also made several unsuccessful attempts at representing the City of Ottawa federally. Champagne died in Ottawa after suffering a heart attack in 1925 and is buried in the Notre-Dame Cemetery.

His brother Albert served in the Canadian House of Commons.

References

  1. Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)

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Preceded by
D'Arcy Scott
Mayor of Ottawa
1908
Succeeded by
Charles Hopewell
Preceded by
Henry Watters
Mayor of Ottawa
1924
Succeeded by
John P. Balharrie
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