Lucien Mongrain (June 24, 1932 – December 9, 2022)Trois-Rives en deuil de son ancien maire was a Canadian politician and the Mayor of Trois-Rives, Mauricie in Canada.
Background
He was born in Shawinigan, Mauricie on June 24, 1932. He worked as a mechanic and in forestry.Francine Juneau & Hélène Beaudry Bellemare, Une municipalité, deux maires, Trois-Rives, Les 25 ans de Trois-Rives
Political career
He ran for election as Mayor of Trois-Rives, then known as Boucher, in 1978, but lost against Elphège Desrosiers.
Mongrain ran again in 1981 and defeated the incumbent.
He was re-elected in 1985 and won every subsequent election, Élus sans opposition - Mauricie, Radio-Canada, November 6, 2005 running unopposed in 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013. Elyse Allard, Sur la route des élections : arrêt à Trois-Rives, Radio-Canada, October 5, 2017
In 2017, he won re-election with 247 votes (62.22%) against Joël Francoeur (77 votes) and Claude Doucet (73 votes). Élections 2017: les résultats dans Mékinac, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, November 6, 2017
In 2021, he retired after forty years as mayor. Louis Cloutier, Le doyen des maires prend sa retraite, Le Journal de Montréal, July 20, 2021
During Mongrain's tenure (in 2007), a fire department that services Trois-Rives, as well as Grandes-Piles and Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac was established. Lucien Mongrain ran a debt-free administration Amélie St-Yves, Un 10e mandat pour un maire de 85 ans, Le Journal de Montréal, November 10, 2017 that oversaw an increase in property value from $3.6 million in 1978 to $119 million in 2012 and in budget from $57,236 to $1,487,971, as well as infrastructure investments. Louise Plante, 30 ans de complicité municipale, Le Nouvelliste, February 20, 2012
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