Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Lac-à-la-Tortue is a small community of 2,500 inhabitants in Quebec
. Formerly a separate municipality, it has been one of the seven sectors of the city of Shawinigan since the municipal amalgamation
of January 1, 2002. The name Lac-a-la-Tortue is French
for Turtle Lake.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. Formerly a separate municipality, it has been one of the seven sectors of the city of Shawinigan since the municipal amalgamation
Municipal reorganization in Quebec
The most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed by Premier Lucien Bouchard and his successor Bernard Landry....
of January 1, 2002. The name Lac-a-la-Tortue is French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
for Turtle Lake.
Mayors
From 1895 to 2001, Lac-à-la-Tortue had its own mayor and its own city council. The mayors were:# | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
1 | Onésime L’Heureux | 1895 | 1901 |
2 | Samuel Buisson | 1901 | 1907 |
3 | Phydime Simard | 1907 | 1910 |
4 | J.-E. Collin | 1910 | 1916 |
5 | Isidore Bernier | 1916 | 1917 |
6 | Philippe Parenteau | 1917 | 1919 |
7 | Sinaï Lupien | 1919 | 1923 |
8 | L.-P. Marchand | 1923 | 1929 |
7 | Sinaï Lupien | 1929 | 1933 |
9 | Pierre Matton | 1933 | 1937 |
7 | Sinaï Lupien | 1937 | 1939 |
10 | Émile Beaudoin | 1939 | 1945 |
7 | Sinaï Lupien | 1945 | 1949 |
11 | Henri-J. Dubois | 1949 | 1953 |
12 | Julien Massicotte | 1953 | 1969 |
13 | Achille Lajoie | 1969 | 1975 |
14 | Réjean Petit | 1975 | 1979 |
15 | Martial Grenier | 1979 | 1983 |
16 | Jacques Longpré | 1983 | 1985 |
17 | Gaston Demers | 1985 | 1987 |
16 | Jacques Longpré | 1987 | 1991 |
18 | Bernard Cayouette | 1991 | 2001 |