title: Albert Gigaire
text: # Albert Gigaire
  
  Albert Gigaire (1872-1959) was a police officer, a businessman and a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the eighth Mayor of Shawinigan from 1930 to 1936. ·
  
  He was born in 1872 in Saint-Barnabé, Mauricie.
  
  Gigaire served as a council member from 1918 to 1920.
  
  He ran for mayor in Shawinigan in 1930 and won. Gigaire was re-elected in 1932 and 1934.
  
  Under his administration, which took place during the Great Depression, the following facilities were dedicated:
  
  * The city Water Works Building (the structure still stands at 1843, boulevard des Hêtres);
  * Parc Saint-Maurice (the downtown public playground had been completed ten years earlier);
  * Sainte-Thérèse Hospital (located at 1705, avenue Georges).
  
  Gigaire did not run in 1936.
  
  He died in 1959.
  
  Rue Gigaire (Gigaire Street) in the Christ-Roi neighbourhood was named to honour him.
  
  