Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | |
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Motto: Ensemble vers l'avenir ("Together towards the future") | |
 Location within Maskinongé RCM. | |
  Saint-Élie-de-Caxton Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′N 72°58′W / 46.483°N 72.967°WCoordinates: 46°29′N 72°58′W / 46.483°N 72.967°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Maskinongé |
| Settled | 1850s |
| Constituted | April 12, 1865 |
| Government[2] | |
| • Mayor | André Garant |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| • Prov. riding | Maskinongé |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 129.50 km2 (50.00 sq mi) |
| • Land | 117.91 km2 (45.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,676 |
| • Density | 14.2/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 0.0% |
| • Dwellings | 1,130 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0X 2N0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |
 Route 351 |
| Website |
www de-caxton |
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Before January 15, 2005 it was known simply as Saint-Élie.[4]
Located in the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains, its territory is dotted with lakes. The more prominent lakes are Des Souris, Goulet, and Grand Long Lakes, which are densely lined with summer cottages.
Fred Pellerin, the famous Québecois storyteller, was born in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.
History
The Gale and Duberger Map of 1795 already identified the area as Caxton Township, named after an English village situated about 15 kilometers from Cambridge. In 1839, it was officially formed as a geographic township.[5]
Colonization of Caxton Township was delayed because the land sold in 1833 was not yet allocated, with the owners apparently missing. In 1863, it had only 30 families. Two years later in 1865, the Parish and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Élie was formed. It got its name from Joseph-Élie-Sylvestre Sirois-Duplessis (1795–1878), parish priest of Saint-Basile-de-Madawaska (1826–1831), Saint-Stanislas-de-Champlain (1831–1846), and Saint-Barnabé-de-Saint-Maurice (1846–1865), and also one of the first priests of Saint-Élie.[1]
In 1872, the Saint-Élie post office opened.[1]
On December 31, 2001, Saint-Élie was transferred from the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM to the Maskinongé RCM, following the formation of the new City of Shawinigan and the dissolution of the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM. On January 15, 2005, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Élie became the Municipality of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.[1]
Demographics
Population trend:[6]
- Population in 2011: 1676 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.0%)
- Population in 2006: 1676
- Population in 2001: 1541
- Population in 1996: 1455
- Population in 1991: 1382
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 766 (total dwellings: 1130)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 3.0%
- French as first language: 95.5%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 1.5%
List of Mayors
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official.[7] Officially, mayoral elections in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton are on a non-partisan basis.
| # | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
| 1 | Calixte Bellefeuille | 1868 | 1870 |
| 2 | Alexandre Lefebvre | 1870 | 1872 |
| 3 | Frédéric Pellerin | 1872 | 1874 |
| 4 | Pierre Gagnon | 1874 | 1878 |
| 5 | Héraclée Beaulieu | 1878 | 1880 |
| 6 | Joseph Matteau | 1880 | 1881 |
| 7 | Narcisse Auger | 1881 | 1884 |
| 8 | Joseph Matteau | 1884 | 1889 |
| 9 | Pierre Deschênes | 1889 | 1890 |
| 10 | Alexis Blanchette | 1887 | 1890 |
| 11 | Élie Héroux | 1890 | 1892 |
| 4 | Pierre Gagnon | 1892 | 1893 |
| 5 | Héraclée Beaulieu | 1893 | 1897 |
| 12 | Narcisse Beaulieu | 1897 | 1898 |
| 13 | Bélonie Garceau | 1898 | 1899 |
| 14 | Israël Deschênes | 1899 | 1902 |
| 15 | Joseph Deschênes | 1902 | 1903 |
| 16 | Édouard Carufel | 1903 | 1906 |
| 17 | Philippe Beauchemin | 1906 | 1907 |
| 18 | Majorique Lafrenière | 1907 | 1909 |
| 19 | Évariste Beaulieu | 1909 | 1910 |
| 20 | Paul Garceau | 1910 | 1913 |
| 21 | Odilon Lamy | 1913 | 1916 |
| 22 | Elzéard Rivard | 1916 | 1920 |
| 23 | Edmond Grenier | 1920 | 1921 |
| 22 | Elzéard Rivard | 1921 | 1923 |
| 24 | Napoléon Pellerin | 1923 | 1931 |
| 25 | Arthur Philibert | 1931 | 1933 |
| 26 | Alfred Gélinas | 1933 | 1935 |
| 27 | Edmond Samson | 1935 | 1937 |
| 28 | Nérée Guillemette | 1937 | 1938 |
| 29 | Zéphirin Garceau | 1938 | 1939 |
| 30 | Elzéard Rivard | 1939 | 1945 |
| 31 | Lucien F. Garant | 1945 | 1953 |
| 32 | William Lafrenière | 1953 | 1961 |
| 33 | Roland Legris | 1961 | 1965 |
| 34 | Eugène Philibert | 1965 | 1968 |
| 33 | Roland Legris | 1968 | 1987 |
| 35 | Jean-Claude Grenier | 1987 | 1989 |
| 36 | André Garant [8] | 1989 | 2001 |
| 37 | Agathe Lampron | 2001 | 2005 |
| 36 | André Garant | 2005 | Current |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Saint-Élie-de-Caxton (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- 1 2 Geographic code 51075 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2451075) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/Modjanv05.pdf
- ↑ "Caxton (canton)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Source: Odette Villemure, Municipality of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton
- ↑ In the late 1990s, André Garant served as prefect of the Regional County Municipality of Centre-de-la-Mauricie. See: MRC du Haut Saint-Maurice, Schéma d'aménagement révisé, Main Document, November 1999, Volume 1
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