{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{one source |date=April 2024}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = John Lundrigan | caption = | birth_date = January 10, 1939 | birth_place = Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|5|1939|1|10}} | office1 = Member of Parliament for Gander—Twillingate | term_start1 = September 9, 1968 | term_end1 = May 9, 1974 | predecessor1 = first member | successor1 = George Baker | office2 = MHA for Grand Falls-Buchans | term_start2 = 1975 | term_end2 = 1979 | predecessor2 = Aubrey Senior | successor2 = Len Simms | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = teacher, businessman }}
'''John Howard Lundrigan''' (January 10, 1939 – March 5, 2009) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Gander—Twillingate in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1974. He was a member of the 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.<ref>{{youTube|title=Fuddle Duddle as coined by Pierre Trudeau|id=bsZRxyK2YMg}}</ref>
In the 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 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Cinneide |first=C.S. |date=2020-05-12 |title=Interview with Nicole Lundrigan |url=https://shekillslit.com/2020/05/12/interview-with-nicole-lundrigan/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=She Kills Lit |language=en-US}}</ref> Lundrigan died on March 5, 2009.
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