Marcel Lambert
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The Honourable Marcel Lambert PC |
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| 25th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons | |
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In office September 27, 1962 – May 15, 1964 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Georges Vanier |
| Prime Minister | John George Diefenbaker |
| Preceded by | Roland Michener |
| Succeeded by | Alan Macnaughton |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton West |
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In office 1957–1984 |
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| Preceded by | James Angus MacKinnon |
| Succeeded by | Murray Dorin |
| Personal details | |
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Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert August 21, 1919 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Died | September 24, 2000 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Cabinet | Minister of Veterans Affairs |
| Committees | Chair, Standing Committee on Miscellaneous Estimates Chair, Standing Committee on Procedure and Organization |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue |
Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert, PC QC (August 21, 1919 – September 24, 2000) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (1962–1963).
Lambert was born in Edmonton, to a French Canadian father and a Belgian mother. He served in the 14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment) during World War II, and saw action at Dieppe, France. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel.
After returning to Alberta, he was named a Rhodes Scholar in 1946 and in 1947 he entered Hertford College, Oxford (University of Oxford) to study law.
Lambert was a candidate for the Alberta Progressive Conservatives in the 1952 provincial election, but failed to win a seat in the provincial legislature.
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from the riding of Edmonton West in the 1957 election. He was returned in the nine following elections, and remained an MP until his retirement prior to the 1984 election.
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