Jean-Baptiste Angrignon

Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Angrignon (March 2, 1875 – 1948) was a Canadian politician and a city councillor in Montreal, Quebec.

Jean-Baptiste Angrignon

Background

The son of Delphis Angrignon and Flavie Dufresne, he was born on March 2, 1875 in St-Placide, Quebec,[1] grew up in the Deux-Montagnes, Basses-Laurentides area and was a merchant.[2] In 1902, he married Marie-Elisabeth Skelly. He came to Montreal in 1915.[1]

City Councillor

In 1921, he was elected to the City Council of Montreal for the district of Saint-Paul. He was re-elected in 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930 and 1932. From 1930 to 1932, Angrignon was a Member of Montreal Executive Committee from 1928 to 1930.[3] He oversaw the development of Angrignon Park on land that belonged to the Crawford family.[1]

He did not run for re-election in 1934.

Retirement

Angrignon died in Montreal in 1948.

Honors

The following Montreal landmarks were named to honor Jean-Baptiste Angrignon:

Footnotes
  1. "Angrignon n'est pas qu'un carrefour…". Le LaSalle Messager (in French). February 1, 2010.
  2. "Boulevard Angrignon" (in French). Commission toponymie Québec.
  3. "J.-B.-A. Angrignon" (in French). City of Montreal.
  4. "Parc Angrignon". MontrealPlus (in French). Groupe Pages Jaunes.
  5. "Angrignon". Société de transport de Montréal.
  6. "Carrefour Angrignon". The Westcliff Group of Companies. Archived from the original on 2015-05-07.
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Political offices
Preceded by
The electoral district was established in 1921.		 City Councillor, District of Paul
1921-1934		 Succeeded by
Jules-Arthur Pharand
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