Saint-Jean-des-Piles (Canada 1996 Census population 693) is a community in the Canadian province of Quebec. Formerly a separate parish municipality in the Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality, it has been one of the seven sectors of the city of Shawinigan since the municipal amalgamation of January 1, 2002.
From 1897 to 2001, Saint-Jean-des-Piles had its own mayor and its own city council. [1] The mayors were:
# | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
1 | Isidore Giguère | 1897 | 1899 |
2 | Euchariste Crête | 1899 | 1899 [2] |
1 | Isidore Giguère | 1899 | 1901 |
3 | Joseph Richard | 1901 | 1902 |
4 | Narcisse Benoît | 1902 | 1904 |
5 | Euchariste Crête | 1904 | 1910 |
6 | Uldéric Beaulac | 1910 | 1912 |
5 | Euchariste Crête | 1912 | 1913 |
7 | Gédéon Béland | 1913 | 1915 |
6 | Uldéric Beaulac | 1915 | 1931 |
8 | Philippe-Arthur Doucet | 1931 | 1933 |
6 | Uldéric Beaulac | 1933 | 1935 |
9 | Donat Gélinas | 1935 | 1939 |
10 | Paul Cadorette | 1939 | 1947 |
9 | Donat Gélinas | 1947 | 1949 |
10 | Paul Cadorette | 1949 | 1954 |
11 | Maurice Bellemare [3] | 1954 | 1957 |
12 | Louis Lizotte | 1957 | 1968 |
11 | Maurice Bellemare | 1968 | 1970 |
12 | Louis Lizotte | 1970 | 1972 |
13 | Patrick Gentes | 1972 | 1973 |
14 | Jean-Marie Beaulac | 1973 | 1979 |
15 | Michel Lépine | 1979 | 1996 [4] |
16 | Angèle Lépine-Rivard | 1996 [5] | 1997 |
17 | Jean Trudel | 1997 | 2001 |
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