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Saint-Barnabé, Quebec
Saint-Barnabé, also known as Saint-Barnabé-Nord, is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Saint-Barnabé | |
|---|---|
Location within Maskinongé RCM. | |
Saint-Barnabé Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′N 72°53′W / 46.400°N 72.883°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Maskinongé |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Lemay |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| • Prov. riding | Maskinongé |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59.20 km2 (22.86 sq mi) |
| • Land | 59.07 km2 (22.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,179 |
| • Density | 20.0/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | 2.3% |
| • Dwellings | 549 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-153 R-351 |
Demographics Edit
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Barnabé had a population of 1,186 living in 535 of its 562 total private dwellings, a change of -0.8% from its 2016 population of 1,196. With a land area of 58.94 km2 (22.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.1/km2 (52.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Government Edit
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Saint-Barnabé has had fifty mayors.[5]
| # | Mayor | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | Antoine Bournival | 1855 | 1858 |
| 2 | Raphaël Bourassa | 1858 | 1860 |
| 3 | Alexis Gélinas | 1860 | 1860 |
| 1 | Antoine Bournival | 1860 | 1862 |
| 4 | Thomas Gélinas | 1862 | 1866 |
| 5 | Antoine Gauthier | 1866 | 1872 |
| 6 | Jean-Baptiste Lemaître | 1872 | 1874 |
| 7 | Dr Félix Dydime Fontaine | 1874 | 1877 |
| 8 | Joseph Bellemare | 1877 | 1880 |
| 9 | Onésime Lesieur | 1880 | 1881 |
| 8 | Joseph Bellemare | 1881 | 1982 |
| 10 | Arthur Sévère Bald | 1882 | 1888 |
| 11 | Jules Lamy | 1888 | 1890 |
| 12 | Octave Gélinas | 1890 | 1892 |
| 13 | François Gélinas | 1892 | 1893 |
| 14 | Évariste L. Désaulniers | 1893 | 1894 |
| 15 | Louis Dollard Héroux | 1894 | 1895 |
| 16 | Hormidas Garceau | 1895 | 1897 |
| 17 | Maxime Grenier | 1897 | 1898 |
| 18 | Dr Élisée Bellemare | 1898 | 1900 |
| 19 | Adolphe Lamy | 1900 | 1901 |
| 20 | Narcisse Gélinas | 1901 | 1902 |
| 19 | Adolphe Lamy | 1902 | 1903 |
| 21 | Pierre Gélinas | 1903 | 1905 |
| 22 | Jules Lamy | 1903 | 1905 |
| 23 | Adélard Giguère | 1905 | 1907 |
| 24 | Joseph de Charette [6] | 1907 | 1910 |
| 25 | Amédée Boucher | 1910 | 1912 |
| 26 | Sinai Bournival | 1912 | 1913 |
| 27 | Cléophas Bussière | 1913 | 1915 |
| 28 | Adrien Gélinas | 1915 | 1916 |
| 29 | Évariste Gélinas | 1916 | 1917 |
| 30 | Charles Marcouiller | 1917 | 1920 |
| 31 | Odzaca Gélinas | 1920 | 1921 |
| 29 | Évariste Gélinas | 1921 | 1923 |
| 32 | Alexandre Désaulniers | 1923 | 1925 |
| 33 | Nestor Bourassa | 1925 | 1929 |
| 34 | Raoul Bellemare | 1929 | 1931 |
| 35 | Wilfrid Boucher | 1931 | 1933 |
| 36 | Sévère J. Lamy | 1933 | 1935 |
| 31 | Odzaca Gélinas | 1935 | 1936 |
| 37 | Caméric Lemay | 1936 | 1937 |
| 38 | Oscar Lemay | 1937 | 1939 |
| 39 | Origène Bourassa | 1939 | 1943 |
| 40 | Albé Diamond | 1943 | 1945 |
| 41 | Gérard Gélinas | 1945 | 1957 |
| 42 | Bérard Pellerin | 1957 | 1963 |
| 43 | Robert Lemay | 1963 | 1969 |
| 44 | Nathan Diamond | 1969 | 1981 |
| 45 | René Gélinas | 1981 | 1990 |
| 46 | Jean-Guy Gélinas | 1990 | 1994 |
| 47 | Nicole D. Gélinas | 1994 | 1995 |
| 48 | Julien Plouffe | 1995 | 2002 |
| 49 | Germain Lacombe | 2002 | 2005 |
| 50 | Michel Lemay | 2005 | 2009 |
| 51 | René Bourassa | 2009 | 2013 |
| 50 | Michel Lemay [7] | 2013 | Current |
Officially, municipal elections in Saint-Barnabé are on a non-partisan basis.
References Edit
- ^ "Reference number 55708 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Geographic code 51025 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Barnabé, Quebec (Code 2451025) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Sources: Denis Gélinas, Secrétaire-trésorier; Centenaire de l’église de Saint-Barnabé-Nord 1859-1959
- ^ De Charette served as Mayor of Charette from 1918 to 1927.
- ^ Martin Lafrenière, Saint-Barnabé: Bourassa concède la victoire à Lemay, La Presse, November 5, 2013