Lucien Bourassa was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec

Shawinigan, Quebec

Shawinigan is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It has a population of approximately 51,904 people ....

. He was the ninth Mayor of Shawinigan from 1936 to 1937.

He was born in 1884 in Saint-Barnabé

Saint-Barnabé, Quebec

Saint-Barnabé, also known as Saint-Barnabé-Nord, is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.-List of Mayors:The Mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Saint-Barnabé has had fifty mayors....

, Mauricie

Mauricie

Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents...

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Bourassa served as a council member from 1922 to 1926, 1928 to 1930 and 1932 to 1934.

He ran for mayor in 1936 and won, but died in office in 1937. He was succeeded by Alexandre Gélinas

Alexandre Gélinas

Alexandre Gélinas was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the tenth Mayor of Shawinigan from 1937 to 1938.He was born in 1894 in Saint-Barnabé, in the Mauricie region of the province of Québec, Canada, and was married to Laure Lautereur. Although they never had children of their own,...

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Avenue Lucien-Bourassa in the Shawinigan-Nord neighborhood was named to honor him.

See also

• Mayors of Shawinigan
• Mauricie
  Mauricie
  Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents...
  
  
• Shawinigan, Quebec
  Shawinigan, Quebec
  Shawinigan is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It has a population of approximately 51,904 people ....