# Vivian Burrill

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**Vivian Burrill** (1854-1937) was a local politician in [Shawinigan, Quebec](/source/Shawinigan,_Quebec). He was the first mayor of [Shawinigan](/source/Shawinigan).[1][2]

He was born in 1854 in [Ireland](/source/Ireland) and moved to Canada in 1872.

Burrill sat on the city council from 1901 to 1913 and served as [mayor of the city](/source/Mayor_of_Shawinigan) from 1901 to 1902 and from 1908 to 1913.

He was in office when the first public infrastructures were laid out, including the first bridge to link Shawinigan and [Shawinigan-Sud](/source/Shawinigan-Sud) and a local plant owned by [Northern Aluminum Co.](/source/Rio_Tinto_Alcan) claimed the first production of aluminum in Canadian history.

Burrill moved to nearby [Trois-Rivières](/source/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res) in 1914 and died in 1937.

Rue Burrill (Burrill Street), where Industrial Park #1 is located, was named to honour him.

## Footnotes

1. Fabien LaRochelle, Shawinigan depuis 75 ans, 1976

1. [Vivian Burrill (1854-1937), maire et entrepreneur, Société d'histoire et de généalogie de Shawinigan](http://www.histoireshawinigan.com/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=310)

## See also

- [Mayors of Shawinigan](/source/Mayors_of_Shawinigan)
- [Mauricie](/source/Mauricie)
- [Shawinigan, Quebec](/source/Shawinigan,_Quebec)

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