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

City Councillor

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

Mayor of Trois-Rivières

In the wake of the province-wide municipal merging of 2001

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....

, he ran for Mayor of Trois-Rivières and won an upset victory

Upset

An upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win , is defeated by an underdog whom the majority expects to lose, defying the conventional wisdom...

 against favorite candidate and Cap-de-la-Madeleine Mayor Alain Croteau. In the 2003 provincial election

Quebec general election, 2003

The Quebec general election of 2003 was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec . The Parti libéral du Québec , led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Bernard Landry.-Unfolding:...

, he campaigned in favor of the re-election of Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

 incumbent

Incumbent

The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...

 Guy Julien

Guy Julien

-Provincial Politics:He won the Parti Québécois nomination in the district of Trois-Rivières by only three votes, but won a seat at the legislature in 1994.Julien was appointed to the Cabinet in 1996...

, who lost.

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

In the 2007 provincial election

Quebec general election, 2007

The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in...

, Lévesque's preference for ADQ

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

 candidate Sébastien Proulx

Sébastien Proulx

Sébastien Proulx is a Canadian politician. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Trois-Rivières from 2007 to 2008...

 was not formally announced, but was not a secret for most observers. Proulx ended up winning.

Recently, Lévesque has been trying to get the Trois-Rivières Draveurs

Trois-Rivières Draveurs

The Trois-Rivières Draveurs were a junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They played at the Colisée de Trois-Rivières, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The team was originally known as the Trois-Rivières Ducs and were a founding member of the QMJHL in 1969...

, a franchise of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

, back in town.

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