Gérard Lamy | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Maurice—Laflèche |
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In office 1962–1963 |
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Preceded by | Joseph-Adolphe Richard |
Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien |
Personal details | |
Born | May 2, 1919 Grand-Mère, Quebec |
Died | October 26, 2016 Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
(aged 97)
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.