Louis-Joseph Pigeon (7 July 1922 – 2 March 1993) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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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 (Canada), 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 Jol ...

riding in the 1958 general election and re-elected there for successive terms in

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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 Cove ...

. After completing his third and final term, the

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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 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub