Marcel Lambert

Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert PC QC (born August 21, 1919 in Edmonton , Alberta , † September 24, 2000 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada , who was a member of the lower house for 27 years and at times minister and speaker of the lower house was.

Life

World War II, lawyer and member of the House of Commons

After attending school, Marcel Lambert first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then completed a degree in commercial management at the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.). During the Second World War he did his military service from 1941 to 1945 in the King's Own Calgary Regiment of the Royal Canadian Armored Corps and was promoted to lieutenant . During Operation Jubilee at Dieppe he came on 19 August 1942 in German captivity .

After the end of the war, he studied private law at the University of Oxford , graduating with a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), and after being admitted to the bar in Alberta in 1951, he practiced as a lawyer. Another postgraduate studies he also concluded with a Master of Arts (MA), and finally for his lawyer's merits for Attorney General ( Queen's Counsel appointed). In the post-war period he served as a reserve officer in the 745 Communications Squadron and was last promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Lambert began his political career when, as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party, he was elected to the House of Commons for the first time in the general election of June 10, 1957 and represented the constituency of Edmonton West for 27 years until the general election of September 4, 1984 .

Immediately after the election, Lambert was on August 7, 1957 Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister for National Defense and held this position until February 1, 1958. He was later from November 18, 1959 to November 17, 1961 and again between January 18 and on April 19, 1962 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Federal Taxes.

House Speaker and Minister

On September 27, 1962, Lambert succeeded Roland Michener as Speaker of the Lower House and thus President of Parliament . He held this position until February 11, 1963 and his subsequent replacement by Alan Macnaughton .

On February 12, 1963 Lambert was of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs in the 18th Cabinet of Canada appointed, which he by the end of Diefenbakers term after the election defeat in the general election belonged on 21 April 1963rd

Opposition politician and committee chairman

After losing the government majority, Lambert acted as opposition spokesman for national defense from 1963 to September 1968 and at the same time was deputy opposition spokesman for finance between 1966 and September 1967. At the same time he was from May 16, 1963 to April 3, 1965 Vice-Chairman of the Special Committee on Defense and later from January 18, 1966 to May 18, 1967 Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Defense.

He was then from September 1968 to 1970 opposition spokesman for finances and revenues and from February 1971 to December 1972 again financial policy spokesman, before he was tax and economic policy spokesman between 1972 and 1974. In addition, he served from January 4, 1973 to February 26, 1974 and again between September 30, 1974 and March 26, 1979 as Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Procedure and Organization. In the meantime he was from February 27 to May 9, 1974 chairman of the Standing Committee on Procedure and Organization.

Lambert was also the opposition spokesman for federal taxes from December 1974 to 1983 and from December 1974 to May 1976 the opposition spokesman for the Treasury and for consumer and corporate affairs. In addition, he served briefly from October 9, 1979 to December 14, 1979 as chairman of the Standing Committee on Estimates.

Web links

• Curriculum Vitae (Canadian Parliament homepage)
• Entry in Library and Archives Canada