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 establishi ...

. 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 191 ...

, he was elected in 1962 to the

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with the

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. 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 Canadian 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 seek, ...

's Mouvement Souveraineté-Association 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 is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using physical force, or by taking advantage of another. It often consists of a persistent pattern of sexual assaults. The offender is re ...

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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