Yves Lévesque is a Canadian politician and the current Mayor of Trois-Rivières.

[edit] City Councillor

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

[edit] 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 favorite candidate and Cap-de-la-Madeleine Mayor Alain Croteau. In the 2003 provincial election, he campaigned in favor 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. ^[1]

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. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

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Political offices
Preceded by Guy Leblanc	Mayor of Trois-Rivières 2002-current	Succeeded by incumbent