Joseph-Ernest Grégoire

Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (1886-1980) was a French Canadian politician. [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/FRA/Membres/notices/g-i/gregje.htm Biography of Joseph-Ernest Grégoire, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]

Background

He was born in Disraeli, Quebec on July 31, 1886. He was an attorney and a professor. He also was the father of Gilles Grégoire, a co-founder of the Parti Québécois.

Mayor of Quebec

Grégoire ran for mayor in Quebec City in 1934 and won, defeating Oscar Drouin. His term of office ended in 1938.

Member of the Legislature

He was elected as the Action libérale nationale candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1935 in the riding of Montmagny. He was re-elected in 1936 as the Union Nationale candidate.

In 1937, he and colleagues René Chaloult, Oscar Drouin, Philippe Hamel and Adolphe Marcoux left the Union Nationale. They founded a short-lived party that was called "Parti national". [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/chronologie/chrono28.html Chronologie parlementaire 1937-1939, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ] Grégoire did not run for re-election in 1939.

Death

He died on September 17 1980.

Honors

In 1934, Grégoire was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. In 1935, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Member of the Barreau du Quebec in 1913, he practiced law from 1938 to 1966.

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