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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
Died October 26, 2016(2016-10-26) (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)
Profession contractor

Gérard Lamy (May 2, 1919 – October 26, 2016) was a Canadian Social Credit Party politician. He served as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1962 to 1963.

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

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.

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 running again after 1979.



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