Lucien Paiement

Lucien Paiement
3rd Mayor of Laval
In office 1973–1981
Preceded by	Jacques Tétreault
Succeeded by	Claude Lefebvre
Personal details
Born	16 October 1932 Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Quebec
Died	23 January 2013 (aged 80) Laval, Quebec
Children	Luc Marc Serge
Occupation	general practitioner
Profession	politician, doctor, horse breeder

Lucien Paiement (16 October 1932 – 23 January 2013) was a doctor, municipal politician and owner of racehorses in the Canadian province of Quebec.^[1][2] He served as mayor of Laval from 1973 to 1981. He also operated the Semalu horse stable in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec,^[2] one of whose horses was Semalu Express.^[3]

He was also chairman of the board of the Cité de la santé hospital in Laval, which opened in 1978 while he was mayor.^[4]

A short street near the Montmorency metro station in Laval, rue Lucien-Paiement, is named after him.^[5]

Paiement died after a long illness at a palliative care facility in 2013 at the age of 80.^[6]

References

1. Laurent, Rene (1973-11-05). "Paiement scores landslide victory as mayor in Laval". The Montreal Gazette. Postmedia Network. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
2. Vachet, Gilles (December 1, 2008). "Courses attelées "Je pense que c'est fini..." - Lucien Paiement". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
3. Vachet, Gilles (March 18, 2007). "Courses attelées Semalu Express, un très bel espoir". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
4. Laurier, Marie (April 8, 1978). "Après 12 ans de persévérance Laval a sa Cité de la santé". Le Devoir. Montreal. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
5. St-Amour, Stéphane (May 12, 2007). "Une rue au nom de l'ex-maire Jacques Tétreault". Courrier Laval. Retrieved September 9, 2011. Il en va de même pour la rue transversale Lucien-Paiement (maire de Laval de 1973-1981) qui traverse du nord au sud le quadrilatère de la station de métro comprise entre les boulevards de la Concorde et du Souvenir.