Jean-Jacques Martel (3 January 1927 – 3 February 2005) was a Progressive Conservative 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 an insurance broker by career. Martel was born at

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. In 1954, he helped establish Northern Mining Explorations Ltd., or MDN (). After an unsuccessful bid for the Chapleau riding in the 1957 federal election, Martel was elected there in the 1958 election. He served for one term, the

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, until he was defeated by

Gérard Laprise Gérard Laprise (19 April 1925 – 14 November 2000) was a Social Credit Party and Ralliement créditiste member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in La Sarre, Quebec and became a carpenter by career. He was first elected at ...

of the Social Credit party in the 1962 election. He made one further attempt to return to Parliament in the 1979 election at Abitibi but placed third behind Liberal candidate Ronald Tetrault and the Social Credit winner

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. Martel's death was announced by Northern Mining on 3 February 2005.

Marc Lemay Marc Lemay (born April 4, 1951) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abitibi—Témiscamingue from 2004 to 2011. He is a member of the Bloc Québécois (BQ). Biography Lemay was born in Amos, Quebec. A lawye ...

, Member of Parliament for

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, paid tribute in the House of Commons early the following week.

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* 1927 births 2005 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub