Michel Angers is a local politician in

Shawinigan 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) ...

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. He is the current mayor of the city, having won the 2009 municipal election.

Background

He was born on November 2, 1959, and is from the Grand-Mère section of town. Angers has worked for

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. He has a background in organized labour, serving in a leadership position with the local branch of the CSN.

Mayor of Shawinigan

Angers 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. His campaign used the Internet, as the other candidates did. 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. Picking up key endorsements from local politicians such as Mayor André Garant of

Saint-Élie-de-Caxton Saint-Élie-de-Caxton () is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Before January 15, 2005 it was known simply as Saint-Élie. Located in the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains, its territory is dotted wit ...

and former city councillor Maurice Héroux, Angers won the election with 55% of the vote against former PQ provincial cabinet member

Yves Duhaime Yves Duhaime (born May 27, 1939) is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Cabinet Member and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. Early life Duhaime was born in Chicoutimi, and grew up in Shawinigan. In the 1960s, Duhaime ...

(29%) and Ralliement municipal candidate Claude Villemure (16%). Bernard Lepage, Un premier grand rassemblement dans la campagne, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, October 7, 2009
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