Louis-Joseph Pigeon (7 July 1922 – 2 March 1993) 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.
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. He was an agrologist by career, and worked for the Liberal minister of labour during the
St Laurent government.
He was first elected at the
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Joliette and L'Assomption—Montcalm ...
riding in the
1958 general election and re-elected there for successive terms in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
and
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
. After completing his third and final term, the
26th Canadian Parliament
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, Pigeon left the House of Commons and did not seek further re-election.
In August 1962, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, a post he held until February 1963.
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1922 births
1993 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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