Preceded by Wilfrid Hamel Monarch Elizabeth II Succeeded by Jean Pelletier Name Gilles Lamontagne | Preceded by Jean Marchand Role Canadian Politician Succeeded by Michel Cote Party Liberal Party of Canada | |
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Governor General Edward Schreyer
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Joseph-Georges-Gilles-Claude Lamontagne, ([ʒozɛf ʒɔʁʒ ʒil klod lamɔ̃taɲ]; April 17, 1919 – June 14, 2016) was a Canadian politician and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
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- Quelques mots de gilles lamontagne
- Gilles lamontagne marathonien
- Early life
- Career
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 198490
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
He was born in Montreal. During World War II, Lamontagne served as a bomber pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was later on shot down over the Netherlands in 1943 being detained as a prisoner of war until May 1945. He ended his air force service in the rank of flight lieutenant. In 1946, he settled in Quebec City and entered the importing business. He became a member of the Rotary Club of Quebec City with his partner and neighbour Jean Poliquin.
Career
He entered politics and was elected mayor of Quebec City in 1965. He held that post until he won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal Party candidate in a 1977 by-election. In 1978, he entered the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Postmaster General. He served in that position until the defeat of the government in the 1979 election. When the Liberals returned to power in the 1980 election, Lamontagne returned to Cabinet as Minister of National Defence.
Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (1984–90)
In 1984, he left politics to accept the position of Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, and served as the province's viceroy until his retirement in 1990.
Personal life
Lamontagne married Mary Schaefer in 1949 and had four children and five grandchildren. Schaefer died in 2006. Lamontagne died in 2016 at the age of 97. In 1990, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2000, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec and in 2005, a member of l'Ordre des Grands Québécois. He was an honorary member of the Royal Military College of Canada club student # H15200.
