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 (1919-05-02) May 2, 1919
Grand-Mère, Quebec
Political party Social Credit Party of Canada
Spouse(s) Simone Bellemare
(m. 25 Mar 1940 – 16 Jan 2009; her death)[1][2]
Profession contractor

Gérard Lamy (born May 2, 1919) was a Social Credit Party Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1962 to 1963.[3]

Early life

He was born on May 2, 1919 in Grand-Mère, Quebec and was a contractor.

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 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.

Footnotes

  1. Public Archives of Canada; Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament: 1867-1967. Queen's Printer. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  2. "http://www.federationgenealogie.qc.ca/avisdeces/avis/pdf?id=439559". federationgenealogie.qc.ca. Retrieved 2015-04-13. External link in |title= (help)
  3. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - LAMY, Gérard". www2.parl.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
J.A. Richard (Liberal)
MP for Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
19621963
Succeeded by
Jean Chrétien (Liberal)


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