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 with lakes. The more prominent lakes are Des Souris, Goulet, and Grand Long Lakes, which are densely lined with summer cottages.
Fred Pellerin, the famous Québecois storyteller, was born in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.

History

The Gale and Duberger Map of 1795 already identified the area as Caxton Township, named after an English village situated about 15 kilometers from Cambridge. In 1839, it was officially formed as a geographic township.
Colonization of Caxton Township was delayed because the land sold in 1833 was not yet allocated, with the owners apparently missing. In 1863, it had only 30 families. Two years later in 1865, the Parish and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Élie was formed. It got its name from Joseph-Élie-Sylvestre Sirois-Duplessis, parish priest of Saint-Basile-de-Madawaska, Saint-Stanislas-de-Champlain, and Saint-Barnabé-de-Saint-Maurice, and also one of the first priests of Saint-Élie.
In 1872, the Saint-Élie post office opened.
On December 31, 2001, Saint-Élie was transferred from the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM to the Maskinongé RCM, following the formation of the new City of Shawinigan and the dissolution of the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM. On January 15, 2005, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Élie became the Municipality of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.

Demographics

Population trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 766
Mother tongue:
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Officially, mayoral elections in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton are on a non-partisan basis.
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1Calixte Bellefeuille18681870
2Alexandre Lefebvre18701872
3Frédéric Pellerin18721874
4Pierre Gagnon18741878
5Héraclée Beaulieu18781880
6Joseph Matteau18801881
7Narcisse Auger18811884
8Joseph Matteau18841889
9Pierre Deschênes18891890
10Alexis Blanchette18871890
11Élie Héroux18901892
4Pierre Gagnon18921893
5Héraclée Beaulieu18931897
12Narcisse Beaulieu18971898
13Bélonie Garceau18981899
14Israël Deschênes18991902
15Joseph Deschênes19021903
16Édouard Carufel19031906
17Philippe Beauchemin19061907
18Majorique Lafrenière19071909
19Évariste Beaulieu19091910
20Paul Garceau19101913
21Odilon Lamy19131916
22Elzéard Rivard19161920
23Edmond Grenier19201921
22Elzéard Rivard19211923
24Napoléon Pellerin19231931
25Arthur Philibert19311933
26Alfred Gélinas19331935
27Edmond Samson19351937
28Nérée Guillemette19371938
29Zéphirin Garceau19381939
30Elzéard Rivard19391945
31Lucien F. Garant19451953
32William Lafrenière19531961
33Roland Legris19611965
34Eugène Philibert19651968
33Roland Legris19681987
35Jean-Claude Grenier19871989
36André Garant19892001
37Agathe Lampron20012005
36André Garant20052013
38Réjean Audet20132017
39Robert Gauthier2017Current