Yves Lévesque

Yves Lévesque (French pronunciation: [iv levɛ(s)k]; born 1957) is a Canadian politician who served as Mayor of Trois-Rivières between 2001 and 2018.

In the 2003 provincial election, he campaigned in favour of the re-election of Parti Québécois incumbent Guy Julien, who lost.

In 2005, Julien ran against Lévesque for mayor, but the incumbent was easily re-elected with 70% of the vote.

Lévesque has been trying to get the Trois-Rivières Draveurs, a franchise of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, back in town.

Lévesque blamed party leader Andrew Scheer's first French-language debate, wherein Scheer's perceived inability to defend his personal views from the other leaders shifted support from the Conservatives in Quebec, which never recovered.

Lévesque with Andrew Scheer in 2019