Yves Lévesque


Yves Lévesque is a Canadian politician, who served as Mayor of Trois-Rivières between 2001 and 2018.

Career

City Councillor

Lévesque won his first electoral victory in 1994, when he became city councillor in Trois-Rivières-Ouest. He was re-elected in 1998.

Mayor of Trois-Rivières

In the wake of the province-wide municipal merging of 2001, he ran for Mayor of Trois-Rivières and won an upset victory against favourite candidate and Cap-de-la-Madeleine Mayor Alain Croteau. In the 2003 provincial election, he campaigned in favour of the re-election of Parti Québécois incumbent Guy Julien, who lost.
In 2005, Julien ran against Lévesque for mayor, but the incumbent was easily re-elected with 70% of the vote.
In the 2007 provincial election, Lévesque's preference for ADQ candidate Sébastien Proulx was not formally announced, but was not a secret for most observers. Proulx ended up winning.
Recently, Lévesque has been trying to get the Trois-Rivières Draveurs, a franchise of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, back in town.
On December 27, 2018, Lévesque announced he was retiring as mayor for medical reasons.

Federal politics

Levesque officially joined the Conservative Party of Canada in May 2018, taking out a party membership and speaking at the party's convention in Saint-Hyacinthe. He stated at the time that he was considering running for the party in the next election.He only joined the Conservative Party because of their desire to decentralize to the provinces.
On May 30, 2019, Levesque was named the Conservative candidate for the riding of Trois-Rivières. During the race, he was expected to win, however he lost the race. Lveqesque blamed the Scheer's first french debate where Scheer inability to defend his personal view from all side shifted support from the Conservatives in Quebec; which never recovered.

Electoral record

Municipal (mayoral)

2017

2013

2009

2005

Footnotes