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    Pierre Karl Péladeau

    ​Pierre Karl Péladeau (nicknamed PKP), Canadian entrepreneur and businessman who was instrumental in bringing about the rapid growth of Quebecor (born 16 October 1961 in Montréal, QC). He was the president and chief executive officer of Quebecor for 14 years, from 1999 to 2013. In the Québec provincial election held on 7 April 2014, Péladeau ran as a candidate for the Parti Québécois and won his riding. On 15 May 2015, he became the eighth leader in the history of this political party. 

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    Pierre Lagacé

    Pierre(-Minier) Lagacé. Priest, educator, b Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Lower Canada (Quebec), 17 Oct 1830, d Quebec City 6 Dec 1884.

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    Pierre Lapointe

    Pierre Lapointe, singer-songwriter (born on 23 May 1981 in Alma, Quebec). Pierre Lapointe gives a unique twist to French pop songs. His eccentricity got him noticed in France and in Quebec in equal measure. He has produced over ten albums, two of which earned gold record certification and two others platinum records certification in Canada. He was nominated four times for the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year and won 15 Félix Awards.

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    Pierre Laporte

    Pierre Laporte, journalist, lawyer, politician (born 25 February 1921 in Montreal, Quebec; died 17 October 1970). In October of 1970, Laporte was abducted and subsequently murdered by the Chénier cell of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ). This series of events intensified the October Crisis in Quebec. Laporte is one of very few politicians to be assassinated in Canada (see Thomas D’Arcy McGee). 

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    Pierre Le Ber

    Pierre Le Ber, painter (bap at Montréal 11 Aug 1669; d at Pointe-St-Charles, near Montréal 1 Oct 1707).

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    Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville et d'Ardillières

    Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville et d'Ardillières, soldier, adventurer (baptised 20 July 1661 at Ville Marie [Montréal], New France; died probably on 9 July 1706 in Havana, Cuba). He was the third and most famous of Charles Le Moyne's 12 sons.

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    Pierre Lebeau

    Pierre Lebeau, actor (b at Montréal 22 July 1954). Pierre Lebeau graduated from the National Theatre School in 1975. He played in various productions, notably Roland Lepage's Le Temps d'une vie, directed by André Pagé, presented at the Festival d'Avignon in 1977.

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    Pierre Leduc

    Leduc, Pierre. Pianist, composer, arranger, b Montreal 27 Jul 1941; B MUS (Montreal) 1977. Leduc was a pupil of Auguste Descarries and studied 1956-7 at the CMM and 1971-7 at the University of Montreal.

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    Pierre Lueders

    Pierre Lueders, bobsledder (born 26 September 1970 in Edmonton, AB). Lueders is one of Canada's most decorated bobsledders, with two Olympic medals and numerous top finishes at world events in both two- and four-man sleds. 

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    Pierre Maillard

    Pierre Maillard, priest of the Séminaire des missions étrangères, missionary (b in the diocese of Chartres, France c 1710; d at Halifax 12 Aug 1762). Missionary to the MICMAC, Maillard was a brilliant linguist who perfected a system of written symbols for the Micmac language.

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    Pierre Mercure

    Pierre Mercure, composer, producer, bassoonist, administrator (b at Montréal 21 Feb 1927; d accidentally near Avallon, France 29 Jan 1966). Mercure, always seeking a new, multimedia language, learned French music and became an orchestrator with Claude CHAMPAGNE.

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    Pierre Mercure

    Mercure, Pierre. Composer, TV producer, bassoonist, administrator, b Montreal 21 Feb 1927, d in an accident near Avallon, France, 29 Jan 1966; premier prix harmony, counterpoint, deuxième prix bassoon (CMM) 1949.

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    Pierre Mollet

    Pierre Mollet. Baritone, teacher, organizer, choir conductor, b Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 23 Mar 1920, naturalized Canadian 1974, d Montréal 22 Oct 2007; premier prix performance (Lausanne Cons) 1946.

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    Pierre Morin

    Pierre (Paul) Morin. Cellist, conductor, teacher, b Montreal 27 Nov 1936; performance diploma cello (École normale, Paris) 1963. He studied 1954-8 at the CMM with Yvette Lamontagne and won the Prix Archambault in 1957.

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    Pierre-Olivier Lyonnais

    Pierre-Olivier Lyonnais, (Bossu or Bossue, dit Lyonnais). String-instrument maker, b Quebec City 12 Jul 1798, d there 8 Sep 1860. A roofer by trade, he suffered a fall ca 1820 which left him disabled.

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