Gérard Lamy
Gérard Lamy (2 May 1919 – 26 October 2016) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1963. During this time, he represented the electoral area of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche and was a part of the Social Credit Party.[3][4] Lamy was born on 2 May 1919 in Shawinigan, Quebec. Before becoming a politician, he was a contractor.
Gérard Lamy | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Maurice—Laflèche | |
| In office 18 June 1962 – 7 April 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph-Adolphe Richard |
| Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1919 Shawinigan, Quebec |
| Died | 26 October 2016 (aged 97) Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Political party | Social Credit Party of Canada Ralliement créditiste du Québec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Simone Bellemare (m. 25 Mar 1940 – 16 Jan 2009; her death)[1][2] |
| Profession | contractor |
Lamy was only elected one time, in the 1962 federal election. He beat the incumbent Liberal MP, Joseph-Adolphe Richard.[3] Lamy was part of the first group of 26 Social Credit MPs from Quebec who were elected that year. In the election the year after, he lost his election. This was very unexpected, because both Lamy and the Liberal Party thought he would not lose the election. The person that beat him was Liberal Jean Chrétien.[5] Chrétien would later become the Prime Minister of Canada.
Lamy tried to win two more elections after this. In the 1970 Quebec provincial election, he lost his election as a part of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec. In the 1979 general election, he lost his election as a part of the Progressive Conservative Party. Lamy did not run for election ever again after 1979. He died in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, on 26 October 2016.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Public Archives of Canada; Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament: 1867-1967. Queen's Printer. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ↑ "Simone BELLEMARE". Fédération Québécoise des Sociétés de Généalogie (in français). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (in fr) Réal CAOUETTE, l'affable magnétiseur!... Le Crédit Social coulerait à torrent!.... Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. http://collections.banq.qc.ca/jrn03/echostmaurice/src/1963/03/20/82397_1963-03-20.pdf. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ↑ Martin, Gabriel (2013). Dictionnaire des onomastismes québécois: les mots issus de nos noms propres (in français). Éditions du Fleurdelysé. p. 41. ISBN 9782981402509.
- ↑ Plamondon, Bob (2017). The Shawinigan Fox: How Jean Chrétien Defied the Elites and Reshaped Canada. eBookIt.com. ISBN 9781456629083.
- ↑ "Lamy Gérard – 1919-2016". Nécrologie Canada (in français). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ↑ "Gérard Lamy". Fédération Québécoise des Sociétées de Généalogie (in français). 4 November 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
