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Adrien Lambert
Adrien Lambert
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Bellechasse
	In office; 1968–1980
Preceded by	Herman Laverdière
Succeeded by	Alain Garant
Personal details
Born	Joseph Adrien Henri Lambert; 13 July 1913; Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Quebec, Canada
Died	23 July 2003 (aged 90)
Political party	Social Credit Party of Canada

Adrien Lambert

Canadian politician

Joseph Adrien Henri Lambert (15 July 1913 – 23 July 2003) was a Canadian farmer and politician. Lambert was a Social Credit Party of Canada member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Quebec and became a farmer by career.

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Lambert was defeated in early attempts to win the Lotbinière electoral district as an independent candidate in 1949 and 1965.

He won the Bellechasse electoral district in the 1968 federal election, initially as a Ralliement créditiste candidate. His party rejoined the Social Credit Party of Canada in 1971, under which he was re-elected at Bellechasse in 1972, 1974 and 1979.

Lambert served successive terms from the 28th to 31st Canadian Parliaments after which he was defeated by Alain Garant of the Liberal party in the 1980 federal election.

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v t e 1980 Canadian federal election: Bellechasse
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alain Garant	20,636	51.13	+7.48
	Social Credit	Adrien Lambert	15,124	37.47	−8.96
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Deschênes	2,912	7.22	−0.04
	Rhinoceros	Andrée Chabot	815	2.02	+0.72
	New Democratic	Napoléon Goupil	730	1.81	+0.93
	Union populaire	France Théberge	141	0.35	−0.13
Total valid votes			40,358	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Turnout			40,632	70.86	−1.31
Electors on the lists			57,339
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980.

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election: Bellechasse
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Adrien Lambert	18,702	46.43
	Liberal	Jean Richard	17,584	43.65
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Deschênes	2,924	7.26
	Rhinoceros	Marie Claude Chênevert	523	1.30	–
	New Democratic	Guy Dupuis	354	0.88
	Union populaire	Jean Beaudoin	195	0.48
Total valid votes			40,282	100.00
Total rejected ballots			360
Turnout			40,642	72.17
Electors on the lists			56,317
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979.

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Adrien Lambert

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse
In office 1968–1980
Preceded by	Herman Laverdière
Succeeded by	Alain Garant

Personal details
Born	Joseph Adrien Henri Lambert (1913-07-13)13 July 1913 Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Quebec, Canada
Died	23 July 2003(2003-07-23) (aged 90)
Political party	Social Credit Party of Canada