Edmond Thibaudeau (1872âÂÂ1957), was a businessman and a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the fifth Mayor of Shawinigan Falls, from 1915 to 1917.
He was born on 20 March 1872 in Saint-Grégoire, Centre-du-Québec. He was the son of Alcide Thibaudeau and Zénaïs Thibaudeau .
Beginning in 1903, Thibaudeau operated a small private power plant on the Shawinigan River (Petite Rivière Shawinigan) and was therefore competing with the Shawinigan, Water & Power Company (SW&P) for the local distribution of electricity. Thibaudeau's company was bought in 1917 by the SW&P, who operated it until 1932 and then dismantled it.
Thibaudeau is remembered for his flamboyant personality. He earned his nickname, L'Orignal ÃÂ Thibaudeau (Thibaudeau the Moose), when during two years he regularly rode through the streets of Shawinigan on a moose-drawn carriage.
Thibaudeau was a City Councillor of Shawinigan Falls from 1904 to 1911 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.