Gérard Lamy Explained

Gérard Lamy
Birth Date:2 May 1919
Birth Place:Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Constituency Mp:Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
Parliament:Canadian
Term Start:1962
Term End:1963
Predecessor:Joseph-Adolphe Richard
Successor:Jean Chrétien
Profession:contractor
Party:Social Credit Party of Canada
Ralliement créditiste du Québec
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Spouse:Simone Bellemare
(m. 25 Mar 1940 – 16 Jan 2009; her death)[1] [2]

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]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Canadian Directory of Parliament: 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada. Johnson, J.K.. 1968. Queen's Printer. 2015-04-13.
  2. Web site: federationgenealogie. federationgenealogie.qc.ca. 2015-04-13. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053954/http://www.federationgenealogie.qc.ca/avisdeces/avis/pdf?id=439559. 2016-03-04.
  3. Web site: Lamy Gérard - 1919-2016. 28 October 2016.