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Arthur Dufresne

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Joseph-Arthur Dufresne was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the second mayor of Shawinigan.[1] [2] [3] He was born in 1861 in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie and married to Georgiana Larouche, from Blind River, ON[4]Famille directe. He moved to Shawinigan after he was offered a job by the Shawinigan Water & Power Company.

He served as a council member in 1901 and 1902 and became mayor of the city in 1902.

He left Shawinigan and moved back to Trois-Rivières in 1903. He became the owner of two hotels in Trois-Rivières QC. The first one (before the huge fire of June 1908 was on the "rue du Fleuve", the second one on the corner of the "rue des Forges" at "rue Royale" He died in 1933.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Fabien LaRochelle, Shawinigan depuis 75 ans, 1976
  2. ^ Jose Caden, L"an 1 de Shawinigan: mai 1901-mai 1902, Editions du Bien Public, Trois-Rivieres QC, 1961
  3. ^ http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=708223&qryID=0e59e9f6-8a64-446b-b2c4-e59b1342d7af
  4. ^ E.Proteau

See also

Political offices
Preceded by Mayors of Shawinigan
1902–1902
Succeeded by