Clovis Gagnon (January 6, 1926 – June 22, 2022) was a Canadian politician in the province of

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. Gagnon was born in

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in 1926, one of seven children born to Émile Gagnon and Blanche Roy. His father was a

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. He attended Séminaire de Rimouski from 1939 to 1947, then

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from 1946 to 1950 where he earned a law degree. Gagnon was a Union Nationale member of the

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for Matapédia from 1953 to 1960, having first been elected in a

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following the death of

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in a motor vehicle accident. Gagnon was the

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to the Minister of Lands and Forests in 1960, and deputy whip in 1955. He served until his defeat by

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in the 1960 election, and also ran unsuccessfully in 1962.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gagnon, Clovis 1926 births 2022 deaths Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec Université Laval alumni People from Rimouski Politicians from Bas-Saint-Laurent