Roland Désaulniers has been a local businessman and politician in

Shawinigan, Quebec Shawinigan (; ) is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,620 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) ...

. He was the 18th Mayor of

from 1986 to 1994. He successfully ran as Mayor of Shawinigan in 1986 and was re-elected in 1990. He did not run for re-election in 1994. Désaulniers, who is a

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, took the stump in local rallies in

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to oppose the

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. He has often been mentioned by the media as a potential Liberal candidate to the provincial legislature but has never thrown his hat in the ring so far. He has also been chairman of the board of administrators for

La Cité de l'Énergie La Cite de l'Énergie (French language, French for ''the city of energy'') is a theme park based on local industrial history and located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. Facilities *A Science museum#Science center, science centre, which includes a ...

, a theme park based on local industrial history with a

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. Carsten Höller à Shawinigan: laissez-vous surprendre
Andrée-Anne Trudel, L'Hebdo Mékinac des Chenaux, June 1, 2007

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