Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | ||
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| Parish municipality | ||
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Saint-Étienne Church | ||
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| Motto: Sub Pondere Virtus Crescit | ||
 Location within Maskinongé RCM. | ||
  Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Location in central Quebec. | ||
| Coordinates: 46°26′N 72°46′W / 46.433°N 72.767°WCoordinates: 46°26′N 72°46′W / 46.433°N 72.767°W[1] | ||
| Country |
 Canada | |
| Province |
 Quebec | |
| Region | Mauricie | |
| RCM | Maskinongé | |
| Constituted | April 14, 1859 | |
| Government[2] | ||
| • Mayor | Robert Landry | |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé | |
| • Prov. riding | Maskinongé | |
| Area[2][3] | ||
| • Total | 105.60 km2 (40.77 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 104.78 km2 (40.46 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[3] | ||
| • Total | 4,217 | |
| • Density | 40.2/km2 (104/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 8.7% | |
| • Dwellings | 1,788 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G0X 2P0 | |
| Area code(s) | 819 | |
Highways  A-55 |
 Route 153 | |
| Website |
www | |
La Gabelle Power Station on the Saint-Maurice River.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Local points of interest include La Gabelle Generating Station, a power plant completed in 1924.
List of Mayors
The Mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Saint-Étienne-des-Grès has had thirty-one mayors.[4]
| # | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
| 1 | François Carbonneau | 1855 | 1858 |
| 2 | Luc Pellerin | 1858 | 1862 |
| 3 | François Dargis | 1862 | 1867 |
| 4 | Jean-Baptiste Beauchemin | 1867 | 1867 |
| 5 | Odilon Larcousière | 1868 | 1869 |
| 6 | Euchariste Grenier | 1870 | 1870 |
| 7 | Joseph Comeau | 1870 | 1872 |
| 8 | Uldoric Brunelle | 1872 | 1874 |
| 9 | Augustin Milette | 1875 | 1877 |
| 10 | Simon J. Remington | 1877 | 1884 |
| 11 | Joseph Ringuette | 1884 | 1886 |
| 12 | Uldoric Brunelle | 1887 | 1900 |
| 13 | Charles Milot | 1901 | 1903 |
| 14 | Étienne Laroche | 1904 | 1907 |
| 15 | François Chrétien [5] | 1907 | 1910 |
| 16 | Joseph-Edmond Lemire | 1910 | 1914 |
| 17 | François Chrétien | 1914 | 1927 |
| 18 | J.-Félix Saint-Onge | 1927 | 1929 |
| 19 | Joseph Marcotte | 1929 | 1937 |
| 20 | Anselme Bourassa | 1937 | 1953 |
| 21 | J.-Arthur Lemire | 1953 | 1965 |
| 22 | Louis-Philippe Plourde | 1965 | 1967 |
| 23 | Louis-Alphonse Bournival | 1967 | 1968 |
| 24 | J.-Arthur Lemire | 1968 | 1973 |
| 25 | Roger Bellemare | 1973 | 1975 |
| 26 | Joseph Duplessis | 1975 | 1977 |
| 27 | Jules Bellemare | 1977 | 1989 |
| 28 | François Chénier | 1989 | 2001 |
| 29 | Luc Massé | 2001 | 2005 |
| 30 | François Chénier | 2005 | 2008 [6] |
| 31 | Robert Landry | 2008 [7] | Current |
Officially, municipal elections in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès are on a non-partisan basis.
Related articles
References
- ↑ Reference number 56460 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 Geographic code 51090 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2451090) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ Souvenances, Histoire du fief et de la paroisse de depuis 1673, page 191
- ↑ Chrétien was the grandfather of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. See: Lawrence Martin, Chrétien, The Will to Win, Volume 1, page 12
- ↑ Chénier resigned before the completion of his four-year term. See: Le maire Chénier claque la porte, Info 690, January 15, 2008
- ↑ Robert Landry élu maire, Radio-Canada, April 25, 2008
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