Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Edmond Thibaudeau, also known as L'Orignal à Thibaudeau, was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the fifth 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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- Edmond_Thibaudeau abstract "Edmond Thibaudeau, also known as L'Orignal à Thibaudeau, was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the fifth 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.".