Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec
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Lac-à-la-Tortue is a small community of 2,500 inhabitants in Quebec
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
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