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Michel Le Moignan (November 7, 1919 – December 21, 2000) was a
Catholic priest The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in layman's terms ''priest'' refers only ...
and a Canadian politician from
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Political career

Born in Grande-Rivière, Quebec, Le Moignan won a seat to the
National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; french: link=no, déput ...
in the 1976 provincial election in the district of Gaspé as a member of the Union Nationale. After party leader
Rodrigue Biron Rodrigue Biron (born September 8, 1934) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was leader of the Union Nationale political party from 1976 to 1980, when he joined the Parti Québécois (PQ). He served as Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism ...
left the party in 1980, Le Moignan became the Union Nationale's parliamentary leader for the remainder of the term. Roch La Salle, a
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a centre-right federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003. From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the ...
Member of Parliament, led the party into the 1981 provincial election. The party was wiped out and Le Moignan finishing a distant third in his constituency.


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1919 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs Université Laval alumni {{Union-Nationale-Quebec-MNA-stub