Michel Angers is a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He is the current mayor of the city, having won the 2009 municipal election.
Background
editHe was born on November 2, 1959,[1] and is from the Grand-Mère section of town.
Angers has worked for Alcan. He has a background in organized labour, serving in a leadership position with the local branch of the CSN.[2]
Mayor of Shawinigan
editAngers became a candidate for Mayor of Shawinigan in May 2009. He did not run as part of a ticket and expressed the desire to work with whoever the voters would send to city hall.[3] His campaign used the Internet, as the other candidates did.[4] Angers pledged to help creating jobs and proposed the replacement of slums with newer housing or businesses. His opponents accused him of being politically too close to incumbent Lise Landry who supported him.[5]
Picking up key endorsements from local politicians such as Mayor André Garant of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton and former city councillor Maurice Héroux, Angers won the election with 55% of the vote against former PQ provincial cabinet member Yves Duhaime (29%) and Ralliement municipal candidate Claude Villemure (16%).[6]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Guy Veillette, Michel Angers veut «dire la vérité aux gens», Le Nouvelliste, November 3, 2009
- ^ "La CSN demande des engagements clairs, Martin Sylvestre, L'Hebdo Journal, October 1, 2008". Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
- ^ Au tour de Michel Angers de se lancer, Guy Veillette, Le Nouvelliste, May 6, 2009
- ^ Andrée-Anne Trudel & Jonathan Roberge , Les candidats sont actifs sur le web , L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, October 27, 2009[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lise Landry se range derrière Angers, Guy Veillette, Le Nouvelliste, October 30, 2009
- ^ Bernard Lepage, Un premier grand rassemblement dans la campagne, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, October 7, 2009[permanent dead link]
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