Joseph Adrien Henri Lambert (15 July 1913 – 23 July 2003) was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

farmer and politician. Lambert was a Social Credit Party of Canada member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. He was born in Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Quebec and became a farmer by career. Lambert was defeated in early attempts to win the Lotbinière electoral district as an independent candidate in

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

and

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

. He won the Bellechasse electoral district in the 1968 federal election, initially as a

Ralliement créditiste Historically in Quebec, Canada, there were a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the s ...

candidate. His party rejoined the Social Credit Party of Canada in 1971, under which he was re-elected at Bellechasse in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

and

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

. Lambert served successive terms from the 28th to

31st Canadian Parliament The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark ...

s after which he was defeated by

Alain Garant Alain Garant (born 21 March 1952 in Montmagny, Quebec) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a Chartered Accountant by career. He won the Bellechasse, Quebec electoral district in the 1980 federal election and s ...

of the Liberal party in the 1980 federal election.

Electoral record (partial)

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genealogy.com: Adrien Lambert obituary
1913 births 2003 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Social Credit Party of Canada MPs {{Quebec-MP-stub