city's foundation by Samuel de Champlain in 1608. Death Boucher died in the early afternoon on August 24, 2007 while at home. At 12:11 PM, a call was issued to the Sainte-Foy–Sillery police station by the mayor's husband, Marc Boucher, requiring emergency assistance for his wife, whom he had found lying motionless on her bed. Boucher's death was confirmed at Laval hospital. The cause of death was a heart attack attributed to ischemia that caused Boucher to lose oxygen from her cardiac muscle. She was succeeded as mayor by councillor Jacques Joli-Coeur until a special election selected Régis Labeaume in December. References 1937 births 2007 deaths Mayors of Quebec City People from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City Université Laval alumni Women mayors of places in Quebec French Quebecers Canadian schoolteachers 20th-century Canadian women politicians