John Lundrigan

John Howard Lundrigan was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral [district |electoral district] of Gander—Twillingate in the House of [Commons of Canada] from 1968 to 1974. He was a member of the Progressive [Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative] caucus.
In his parliamentary career, Lundrigan is best remembered for having been on the receiving end of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's famous "fuddle duddle" comment of 1971.
In the 1974 [Canadian federal election|1974 election], Lundrigan ran in the district of Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, but was defeated by that riding's incumbent MP, Dave Rooney.
He was later elected to the Newfoundland and [Labrador House of Assembly|Newfoundland House of Assembly] for the electoral district of Grand Falls-Buchans, serving as a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Moores. He was a pallbearer at Moores' funeral in 2005.
He is the father of novelist Nicole Lundrigan. Lundrigan died on March 5, 2009.