He moved to Shawinigan in the early 1900s for business reasons and ran for Mayor of that city against Beaudry Leman in 1902 but lost the election by a single ballot.
Frigon ran again in 1913 and won. He was defeated by Edmond Thibaudeau in 1915, but was re-elected in 1917.[1]
joseph, auguste, frigon, february, 1870, february, 1944, local, entrepreneur, politician, mauricie, area, served, fourth, mayor, shawinigan, quebec, member, legislative, assembly, auguste, frigon, saint, maurice, contents, early, life, municipal, politics, pro. Joseph Auguste Frigon 7 February 1870 14 February 1944 was a local entrepreneur and politician in the Mauricie area He served as the fourth Mayor of Shawinigan Quebec and as Member of the Legislative Assembly J Auguste Frigon as M P P for Saint Maurice Contents 1 Early life 2 Municipal Politics 3 Provincial Politics 4 Federal Politics 5 After Retirement 6 Legacy 7 Footnotes 8 See also 9 External linksEarly life editHe was born in 1870 in Saint Prosper Mauricie Quebec Municipal Politics editFrigon was Mayor of Saint Narcisse Quebec from 1896 to 1899 He moved to Shawinigan in the early 1900s for business reasons and ran for Mayor of that city against Beaudry Leman in 1902 but lost the election by a single ballot Frigon ran again in 1913 and won He was defeated by Edmond Thibaudeau in 1915 but was re elected in 1917 1 Provincial Politics editIn 1927 Frigon became the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Saint Maurice He was re elected in 1931 but was defeated by Marc Trudel in 1935 Federal Politics editFrigon also unsuccessfully ran as an Independent Liberal candidate in the federal district of Saint Maurice Lafleche in 1940 Incumbent Joseph Alphida Crete was re elected After Retirement editFrigon died in Shawinigan in 1944 Legacy editRue Frigon Frigon Street in Shawinigan was named to honour him Footnotes edit Fabien LaRochelle Shawinigan depuis 75 ans 1976See also editMayors of Shawinigan Mauricie Saint Maurice Legislators Saint Maurice Provincial Electoral District Shawinigan QuebecExternal links edit Biography Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Quebec de 1792 a nos jours in French National Assembly of Quebec Political officesPreceded byVivian Burill Mayors of Shawinigan1913 1915 Succeeded byEdmond ThibaudeauPreceded byEdmond Thibaudeau Mayors of Shawinigan1917 1918 Succeeded byNapoleon DesaulniersNational Assembly of QuebecPreceded byAlphonse Edgar Guillemette Liberal MLA District of Saint Maurice1927 1935 Succeeded byMarc Trudel ALN nbsp This article about a Members of the National Assembly of Quebec from the Quebec Liberal Party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a mayor in Quebec is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Auguste Frigon amp oldid 1135346116, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
