Joseph Bourque

Joseph Bourque (1866 – December 23, 1918) was a building contractor and politician in Quebec. He served as mayor of Hull from 1914 to 1916.

The son of Louis Bourg and Josephte Marsan dit Lapierre, he was born in L'Assomption, Quebec. He came to Hull in 1889 to finish the interiors of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Church and presbytery; the original buildings were destroyed by fire in the previous year. Bourque moved his family to Hull in the same year. He built a number of public buildings, churches and schools in Hull and other places in Canada, including a courthouse in Hull and the École des hautes études commerciales in Montreal. He also worked on the expansion of the public water works in Hull and operated a door and window factory. The residence that he built for his family in Hull is considered a heritage building. He served on the Hull municipal council from 1903 to 1907 and from 1909 to 1911.

Bourque was married twice: first to Henriette Charland and then to Clara Fortier.

He died of a heart attack in 1918.