Yves Lévesque

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Yves Lévesque is a Canadian politician and the current Mayor of Trois-Rivières.

[edit] City Councillor

He won his first electoral victory in 1994, when he became Councilmember in Trois-Rivières-Ouest. [1] and was re-elected in 1998.

[edit] Mayor of Trois-Rivières

In the wake of the province-wide municipal merging of 2001, he ran for Mayor of Trois-Rivières and won an upset victory against favorite candidate and Cap-de-la-Madeleine Mayor Alain Croteau. In the 2003 provincial election, he campaigned in favor of the re-election of Parti Québécois incumbent Guy Julien, who lost.

In 2005, Julien ran against Lévesque for Mayor, but the incumbent was easily re-elected with 70% of the vote. [2]

In the 2007 provincial election, Lévesque's preference for ADQ candidate Sébastien Proulx was not formally announced, but was not a secret for most observers. [3] Proulx ended up winning.

Recently, Lévesque has been trying to get the Trois-Rivières Draveurs, a franchise of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, back in town. [4]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ L'ex-maire Gilles Beaudoin s'éteint, Le Nouvelliste, August 23, 2007
  2. ^ Yves Lévesque l'emporte facilement, Radio-Canada, November 7, 2005
  3. ^ Protest Party Seen as Big Winner in Quebec Vote, The Epoch Times, March 27, 2007
  4. ^ Le retour des Draveurs ?, Radio-Canada, May 30, 2007
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Preceded by
Guy Leblanc		 Mayor of Trois-Rivières
2002-current		 Succeeded by
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