Gérard Lamy (May 2, 1919 – October 26, 2016) was a Canadian Social Credit Party politician. He served as a Member of the

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from 1962 to 1963.

Early life

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

Member of Parliament

Lamy successfully ran as a

Social Credit Party of Canada The Social Credit Party of Canada (), colloquially known as the Socreds, was a populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. It was the federal wing of the Canadian social credit movement. Origins ...

candidate for the district of

Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Saint-Maurice—Laflèche (previously known as St-Maurice—Laflèche) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was created a ...

in the 1962 federal election, against Liberal

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J.A. Richard. He was among twenty-six Social Credit members from

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who were elected for the first time that year. He lost his re-election bid in the 1963 federal election, against Liberal and future prime minister,

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Attempts to make a political comeback

He also ran as a

Ralliement créditiste du Québec The ''Ralliement créditiste du Québec'' () was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, that operated from 1970 to 1978 (the party was also known as the ''Parti créditiste'' from September to December 1973, contesting the 1973 provincia ...

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. Lamy did not run again after 1979.

Footnotes

1919 births 2016 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Shawinigan Politicians from Mauricie Social Credit Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Quebec-MP-stub