Gérard Chapdelaine (31 July 1935 7 August 1994) was a Social Credit party 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 a lawyer by career. He was first elected at the

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...

riding in the 1962 general election and re-elected in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

. In the 1965 election, after being embroiled in the 1963 Social Credit party split, Chapdelaine campaigned as an

independent candidate An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

at Sherbrooke, but was defeated by independent Progressive Conservative candidate

Maurice Allard Maurice Allard (January 2, 1922 – September 14, 1988) was a Canadian politician, as well as a law professor and a lawyer. He was elected in 1958 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party representing the riding of Sherbrooke. He ran a ...

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* 1935 births Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Independent MPs in the Canadian House of Commons Social Credit Party of Canada MPs 20th-century Canadian lawyers 1994 deaths {{Quebec-MP-stub