Clovis Gagnon (January 6, 1926 – June 22, 2022) was a Canadian politician in the province of
Quebec.
Gagnon was born in
Le Bic, Quebec
Le Bic is a former municipality in Quebec, Canada.
On September 16, 2009, it was merged into the City of Rimouski
Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski Rive ...
in 1926, one of seven children born to Émile Gagnon and Blanche Roy.
His father was a
notary. He attended Séminaire de Rimouski from 1939 to 1947, then
Université Laval from 1946 to 1950 where he earned a law degree.
Gagnon was a
Union Nationale member of the
National Assembly of Quebec for
Matapédia from 1953 to 1960, having first been elected in a
by-election following the death of
Philippe Cossette in a motor vehicle accident. Gagnon was the
parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Lands and Forests in 1960, and deputy whip in 1955. He served until his defeat by
Bona Arsenault in the 1960 election, and also ran unsuccessfully in 1962.
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1926 births
2022 deaths
Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs
20th-century Canadian politicians
Université Laval alumni
People from Rimouski