Gilles Grégoire (May 6, 1926 – November 22, 2006) was a co-founder of the

Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishin ...

. Born in

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, the son of

Joseph-Ernest Grégoire Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (July 31, 1886 – September 17, 1980) was a French Canadian politician. Background He was born in Disraeli, Quebec on July 31, 1886. He was an attorney and a professor. Member of the Barreau du Quebec in 1913, ...

, he was elected in 1962 to the House of Commons of Canada with the Ralliement des créditistes. He left that party in 1966 and was elected president of the

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, a pro-sovereignty party on August 21, 1966. In October 1968 the Ralliement national merged with

René Lévesque René Lévesque (; August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Québécois politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to attempt ...

Mouvement Souveraineté-Association The Mouvement Souveraineté-Association (MSA, ''English: Movement for Sovereignty-Association'') was a separatist movement formed on November 19, 1967 by René Lévesque to promote the concept of sovereignty-association between Quebec and the res ...

to form the

. He was elected as a member of the

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in the riding of Frontenac in the 1976 general election and was re-elected in the 1981 general election. In 1983, he was sentenced to two years minus a day in jail due to his

sexual abuse Sexual abuse or sex abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another. Molestation often refers to an instance of sexual assa ...

of several minor girls, which resulted in him becoming an

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for the rest of his term. He died in Quebec City at 80.

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* * 1926 births 2006 deaths French Quebecers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Parti Québécois MNAs Politicians from Quebec City Social Credit Party of Canada MPs Canadian people convicted of child sexual abuse Université Laval alumni {{Quebec-MP-stub

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