Joseph-Ernest Grégoire

Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (1886-1980) was a French Canadian politician. ^[1]

[edit] 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.

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

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. ^[2] Grégoire did not run for re-election in 1939.

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.

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Charles-Abraham Paquet (Liberal)	MLA for Montmagny 1935–1939	Succeeded by Fernand Choquette (Liberal)

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