Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec
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Saint-Étienne-des-Grès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ netjɛn de gʁɛ]) 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.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès had a population of 4,539 living in 1,874 of its 1,945 total private dwellings, a change of -0% from its 2016 population of 4,541. With a land area of 104.54 km2 (40.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 43.4/km2 (112.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Government
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Saint-Étienne-des-Grès has had thirty-one mayors.[5]
# | Mayor | Took office | Left office |
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 [6] | 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 [7] |
31 | Robert Landry | 2008 [8] | Current |
Officially, municipal elections in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès are on a non-partisan basis.
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56460". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 51090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec (Code 2451090) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ 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
External links
Media related to Saint-Étienne-des-Grès at Wikimedia Commons
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