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Jonquière was a city on the Saguenay River in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, near Chicoutimi. In 2002, Jonquière became an arrondissement, or borough, of the mega-city Ville de Saguenay.
Jonquière itself was the result of the agglomeration of three cities: Kénogami, Jonquière and Arvida.
Much of Jonquière's development owed its strength to the Price family who ran a pulp and paper factory in Kénogami. Today that pulp and paper factory is owned by Abitibi-Consolidated. Arvida is the home of an aluminum plant owned by ALCAN.
Jonquière is probably most well known in the United States because of its Wal-mart store, which attempted to unionize and was closed down shortly thereafter. The official reason for this shutdown was labeled as "financial problems."
History
Jonquière was founded in 1847 by Marguerite Belley who came from La Malbaie, Quebec to settle on the Rivière-aux-Sables river.
Mayors
- Jean Allard ( - January 20, 1868), (1872 - 1876) and (February 5, 1894 - August 26, 1895 Death)
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- Camil Gagné
- Francis Dufour (1975 - 1985) (Arvida 1967 - 1975)
- Gilles Marceau
- Marcel Martel ( - November 7, 1999)
- Daniel Giguère (November 7, 1999 - February 18, 2002)af:Jonquière