Yves Lévesque

Canadian politician (born 1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yves Lévesque (French pronunciation: [iv levɛ(s)k]; born 1957) is a Canadian politician who has been the mayor of Shawinigan since 2025. He previously served as Mayor of Trois-Rivières between 2001 and 2018.

Preceded byMichel Angers
Preceded byGuy Leblanc
Succeeded byJean Lamarche
Born1957 (age 68–69)
Quick facts His Worship, Mayor of Shawinigan ...
His Worship
Yves Lévesque
Mayor of Shawinigan
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 12, 2025
Preceded byMichel Angers
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
In office
November 4, 2001 – December 27, 2018
Preceded byGuy Leblanc
Succeeded byJean Lamarche
Personal details
Born1957 (age 68–69)
PartyConservative (federal)
Conservative (provincial; 2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		CAQ (provincial; after 2003, before 2021)
Parti Québécois (provincial; before 2003)
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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.[1]

Recently,[when?] Lévesque has been trying to get the Trois-Rivières Draveurs, a franchise of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, back in town.[2]

On December 27, 2018, Lévesque announced he was retiring as mayor for medical reasons.[3]

Federal politics

Lévesque with Andrew Scheer in 2019

Lévesque 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 43rd election.[4] He joined the Conservative Party because of its stated goal of decentralizing power to the provinces.[5]

On May 30, 2019, Lévesque was named the Conservative candidate for the riding of Trois-Rivières.[6] During the race, he was expected to win; however, he lost the race, standing third. Lévesque blamed party leader Andrew Scheer's first French-language debate, wherein Scheer's perceived inability to defend his personal views from the other leaders shifted support from the Conservatives in Quebec, which never recovered.[7]

Lévesque ran in Trois-Rivières again as a Conservative in 2021 and gained 17,027 votes (an increase of 1,787) but came in second.

Mayor of Shawinigan

Lévesque ran for mayor of Shawinigan in the 2025 Quebec municipal elections, placing first.[8]

Electoral record

Federal

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2025 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalCaroline Desrochers25,14741.01+12.38
Bloc QuébécoisRené Villemure16,92127.60−1.89
ConservativeYves Levesque16,70827.25−2.10
New DemocraticMatthew Sévigny1,4372.34−5.71
GreenDavid Turcotte5690.93−0.37
People'sYan Patry3200.52−1.40
RhinocerosMathieu Doyon2150.35N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit 61,31798.32
Total rejected ballots 1,0461.68-0.37
Turnout 62,36368.11+3.91
Eligible voters 91,563
Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +7.14
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
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2021 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRené Villemure17,13629.49+1.01$16,854.26
ConservativeYves Lévesque17,05329.35+4.17$40,285.49
LiberalMartin Francoeur16,63728.63+2.57$80,504.68
New DemocraticAdis Simidzija4,6808.05-8.61$4,281.85
People'sJean Landry1,1151.92+0.99$0.00
GreenAndrew Holman7541.30-1.17$0.00
FreeGilles Brodeur7351.26–$1,244.68
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,11097.95–$120,485.08
Total rejected ballots 1,2142.05–
Turnout 59,32464.19-2.53
Eligible voters 92,413
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -1.58
Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13][14]
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2019 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisLouise Charbonneau17,24028.48+11.48$19,118.47
LiberalValérie Renaud-Martin15,77426.06-4.16$59,713.01
ConservativeYves Lévesque15,24025.17+6.54none listed
New DemocraticRobert Aubin10,09016.67-15.16none listed
GreenMarie Duplessis1,4922.46+0.75none listed
People'sMarc-André Gingras5650.93–$5,574.25
IndependentRonald St-Onge Lynch1370.23–$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 60,538100.0  
Total rejected ballots 1,0921.77
Turnout 61,63066.73
Eligible voters 92,362
Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic Swing +7.82
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]
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Municipal (mayoral)

2017

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Mayoral candidate Vote %
Yves Lévesque (X)26,50351.37
Jean-François Aubin23,25245.07
André Bertrand1,8373.56
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2013

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Party Mayoral candidate Vote %
  IndependentYves Lévesque (X)29,20449.25
  IndependentSylvie Tardif18,49131.18
  IndependentCatherine Dufresne8,32414.04
  IndependentMarcelle Girard1,6092.71
  Force 3RRichard St-Germain1,3212.23
  IndependentPierre Benoit Fortin3520.59
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2009

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Candidate Party Vote %
Yves Lévesque (X)Independent25,63754.9
André CarleForce 3R21,07745.1
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2005

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Candidate Vote %
Yves Lévesque (inc.)34,29870.3
Guy Julien13,74128.2
Serge Simard7541.5
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Footnotes

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