Laurier Arthur Régnier (31 August 1903 – 8 August 1990) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. He was born in Saint-François-Xavier, Manitoba and became a barrister and farmer by career. After unsuccessful attempts to win a House of Commons seat at Selkirk in the 1949 election, and at

St. Boniface Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of ...

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

, Régnier won St. Boniface in the 1958 election. He served one term, the

24th Canadian Parliament The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved ...

, until his defeat there in the 1962 federal election.

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* 1903 births 1990 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century Canadian farmers Lawyers in Manitoba Franco-Manitoban people 20th-century Canadian lawyers {{Manitoba-politician-stub