E. A. Bourque was Mayor of Ottawa in 1949 and 1950. This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Bourque was born in Ottawa's Lower Town. Lowertown (Basse-Ville is a district in the central area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of downtown He was a longtime city councilor and member of the city's Board of Control from 1937 to 1949, and owner of the Twin City Ice and Coal Company, later to become E. The Ottawa City Council ( French: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A. Bourque Ltd.
As the city comptroller, he squired the purchase of the Ottawa Electric Railway, that became Ottawa Transportation Commission. A comptroller or controller (kənˈtroʊlər ˈkɑmˌtroʊ- also financial controller, abrv In 1949 he became the first French-speaking mayor of Ottawa in 50 years. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people As mayor, at the request of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, he worked closely with urban planner Jacques Gréber to oversee the annexation of thousands of acres of Nepean and Gloucester, laying the ground work for the Greenbelt, Gatineau Park and the National Capital Region. William Lyon Mackenzie King PC OM CMG ( December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian Jacques-Henri-Auguste Gréber ( 10 September 1882 - 5 June 1962) was a French architect specializing in Landscape architecture Climate Nepean has fairly warm summers The summer season goes from early June to early September Gloucester was a City in eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River and is now a Suburb of the City of Ottawa. The Greenbelt is a crescent of land within the present-day boundaries of the city of Ottawa, Ontario Canada in which real estate development is strictly controlled Gatineau Park (Parc de la Gatineau is a park near Gatineau, Québec, Canada, just north of Ottawa, Ontario. The National Capital Region is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighboring city of Gatineau, Quebec
His brother Romuald was a mayor of Outremont and a member of the Canadian House of Commons and of the Senate of Canada. Romuald Bourque ( December 6 1889 &ndash August 14 1974) was a Quebec businessman and political figure Outremont is a borough ( Arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
His children, Paul, Bernard, Edouard, Gerard ,Pierre, Raymond, Suzanne, Marie survived him,and Edouard, Pierre and Bernard became prominent real estate developers. It is widely accepted that Paul was the most grounded and personal of the brothers. Pierre, however, suffered a setback when convicted of income tax evasion in 1996. His grandson Pierre Bourque was appointed a city of Ottawa alderman and regional councillor but lost the first election after his appointment. For the former mayor of Montreal and ADQ candidate see Pierre Bourque (politician Pierre Bourque is a Canadian
| Preceded by J. E. Stanley Lewis |
Mayor of Ottawa 1949-1950 |
Succeeded by Grenville Goodwin |
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