Lucien-Hubert Borne

Lucien-Hubert Borne (20 August 1884 – 23 December 1954)[1] was a Canadian politician, serving as mayor of Quebec City from 1938 to 1953.

In 1936, Borne made an unsuccessful attempt to become a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

Two years later, he defeated incumbent mayor Joseph-Ernest Grégoire and began a 15-year mayoralty career, through city elections in 1940, 1942, 1944, 1947 and 1950.

Borne also promoted the replacement of streetcars with buses in Quebec city's transit system.

[1][2] Borne resigned as mayor in November 1953 due to a heart condition and died the following year.