Gérard Lamy
Gérard Lamy (May 2, 1919 – October 26, 2016) was a Canadian Social Credit Party politician. He served as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1963.[3][4]
Gérard Lamy | |
|---|---|
 Gérard Lamy | |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Maurice—Laflèche | |
| In office 1962–1963 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph-Adolphe Richard |
| Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1919 Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | October 26, 2016 (aged 97) Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada |
| 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 |
Early life
He was born on May 2, 1919, in Grand-Mère, Quebec, and was a contractor before running for office.
Member of Parliament
Lamy successfully ran as a Social Credit Party of Canada candidate for the district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche in the 1962 federal election, against Liberal incumbent J.A. Richard.
He was among twenty-six Social Credit members from Quebec who were elected for the first time that year.
He lost his re-election bid in the 1963 federal election, against Liberal and future prime minister, Jean Chrétien.
Attempts to make a political comeback
He also ran as a Ralliement créditiste du Québec candidate in the 1970 provincial election in the district of Saint-Maurice and as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Champlain in the 1979 federal election, but was each time defeated.
Lamy did not run again after 1979.
Footnotes
- Public Archives of Canada; Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament: 1867-1967. Queen's Printer. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- "federationgenealogie". federationgenealogie.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- Gérard Lamy – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Lamy Gérard - 1919-2016". 28 October 2016.