Gérard Lamy

Gérard Lamy was a Social Credit Party Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1962 to 1963.[1]

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Early life

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

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 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.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
J.A. Richard (Liberal)
MP for Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
19621963
Succeeded by
Jean Chrétien (Liberal)