Leopold Belliveau

His Worship
Léopold Belliveau
Mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick
In office
December 1988 – May 1998
Preceded byGeorge Rideout
Succeeded byBrian Murphy
Personal details
Born1934 or 1935 (age 89–90)[1]

Léopold F. Belliveau was the Mayor of Moncton from 1988 to 1998. He was the first Acadian mayor of the city.[2] During his tenure, he introduced one of the first privately operated municipal water services in North America.[3]

He was first elected to Moncton City Council in 1969 and held his seat as city councillor for Ward 3 and later as Councillor-at-Large until being defeated in an election in June 1979. He was reelected in May 1980 and served as Deputy Mayor until December 1988 when he assumed the position of Mayor with the resignation of George Rideout, who stepped down to run in the federal election. He won election for Mayor in May, 1989 and held the seat until May, 1998.[4] In all, he served on city council for nearly thirty years.

He was a member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board of Directors, which in 2000 added his name to its Roll of Honour.[5]

The City of Moncton has named a street after its former mayor.[6]

  1. ^ Réjeanne Blais (May 9, 1980). "Moncton: campagne en douceur". L'Evangéline (in French). p. 34.
  2. ^ New Brunswick Wellness, Culture and Sport, "This Week in New Brunswick History!"
  3. ^ "Canada's first major drinking water public-private partnership signed by U.S. Filter and City of Moncton" Archived 2013-01-08 at the Wayback Machine, US Water News Online, May 1998
  4. ^ Edward W. Larracy, Resurgo: The History of Moncton, Volume II, City of Moncton, 1991, pp. 470-472 ISBN 0969463421
  5. ^ "FCM Roll of Honour: FCM Pays Tribute to Municipal Officials". Federation of Canadian Municipalities. June 4, 2000. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014.
  6. ^ "Promenade Leopold F. Belliveau Drive in Moncton, New Brunswick". Street-map.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2021.