Wilfrid Hamel
Wilfrid Hamel (16 July 1895 – 31 December 1968) was a Canadian politician, serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and as Mayor of Quebec City.
Mayor Wilfrid Hamel | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Sauveur | |
In office 1939–1948 | |
35th Mayor of Quebec City | |
In office 15 December 1953 – 1 December 1965 | |
Preceded by | Lucien-Hubert Borne |
Succeeded by | Gilles Lamontagne |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 July 1895 Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Canada |
Died | 31 December 1968 73) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | (aged
Spouse(s) | Marie-Célina Martel (m. 11 June 1917) |
His early career began in 1913 at the company Maranda et Labrecque, becoming a director there from 1925 to 1941. From 1940 to 1942, he was a church warden for the Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus Roman Catholic congregation.
In 1939, he was elected as a Liberal provincial member of Quebec's assembly in Saint-Sauveur riding and served in the cabinet of Premier Adélard Godbout as Minister of State and Minister of Land and Forests. Hamel was re-elected at Saint-Sauveur in 1944, but was defeated in the 1948 and 1952 elections.
Hamel was Mayor of Quebec City for twelve years, beginning in December 1953.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilfrid Hamel. |
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- (in French) City of Quebec: Wilfrid Hamel