Edmond Thibaudeau, also known as L'Orignal à Thibaudeau, was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the Mayor of Shawinigan, Quebec from 1915 to 1917. He was born in 1872 in Saint-Grégoire, Centre-du-Québec and has Acadian ancestry. In the early 1900s, Thibaudeau operated a small private power plant on the Saint-Maurice River and was therefore competing with the Shawinigan, Water & Power Company for the local distribution of electricity.

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  • Edmond Thibaudeau, also known as L'Orignal à Thibaudeau, was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the Mayor of Shawinigan, Quebec from 1915 to 1917. He was born in 1872 in Saint-Grégoire, Centre-du-Québec and has Acadian ancestry. In the early 1900s, Thibaudeau operated a small private power plant on the Saint-Maurice River and was therefore competing with the Shawinigan, Water & Power Company for the local distribution of electricity. Thibaudeau is most remembered for his flamboyant personality. He earned his nickname, L'Orignal à Thibaudeau (Thibaudeau the Moose), after he regularly rode through the streets of Shawinigan on a moose-drawn carriage. Thibaudeau was a City Councillor from 1904 to 1909 and from 1913 to 1915. He successfully ran for Mayor in 1915 against incumbent Joseph-Auguste Frigon. Under his tenure the first streets (Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets) were paved. Thibaudeau was defeated by Joseph-Auguste Frigon in 1917. He died in 1957.
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  • 1915–1917
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  • Edmond Thibaudeau, also known as L'Orignal à Thibaudeau, was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the Mayor of Shawinigan, Quebec from 1915 to 1917. He was born in 1872 in Saint-Grégoire, Centre-du-Québec and has Acadian ancestry. In the early 1900s, Thibaudeau operated a small private power plant on the Saint-Maurice River and was therefore competing with the Shawinigan, Water & Power Company for the local distribution of electricity.
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  • Edmond Thibaudeau
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