Lucien Lamoureux
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The Honourable Lucien Lamoureux PC |
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| 27th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons | |
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In office January 18, 1966 – September 29, 1974 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Georges Vanier Roland Michener Jules Léger |
| Prime Minister |
Lester Pearson Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Alan Macnaughton |
| Succeeded by | James Jerome |
| MP for Stormont—Dundas | |
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In office June 25, 1968 – July 8, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | riding created |
| Succeeded by | Ed Lumley |
| MP for Stormont | |
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In office June 18, 1962 – June 25, 1968 |
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| Preceded by | Grant Campbell |
| Succeeded by | riding abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Lucien Lamoureux August 3, 1920 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Died | July 16, 1998 |
| Political party |
Liberal (1962-1968) Independent (1968-1974) |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Lucien Lamoureux, PC, OC (August 3, 1920 – July 16, 1998) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1966 to 1974. He is the second longest-serving occupant of that office.
After graduating with a law degree from Osgoode Hall in 1945, Lamoureux worked as a political aide to Lionel Chevrier, a Canadian Cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. In 1954, he left Chevrier's office to establish a law practice in Cornwall, Ontario.
Lamoureux was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP). In 1963, he became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and decided to stop attending meetings of the Liberal caucus in order to maintain impartiality. Following the 1965 election, Prime Minister Lester Pearson nominated him to the position of Speaker of the House of Commons.
Lamoureux served as speaker during two minority governments, 1965–1968 and 1972–1974, experiences that required him to maintain authority and neutrality in a situation where no party had control of the House.
In the 1968 election, he decided to follow the custom of the Speaker of the British House of Commons and stand for election as an Independent. Both the Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservative Party agreed not to run candidates against him. The New Democratic Party, however, declined to withdraw their candidate. Lamoureux was re-elected and continued to serve as Speaker.
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