- Gerard Amerongen
Gerard Joseph Amerongen (born: ) is a politician and lawyer from
Alberta ,Canada .Amerongen first ran for Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1955 Alberta provincial election for the Conservative Party in the Edmonton district. He ended up finishing 18th on the first ballot and was eliminated in transfers.
He ran in the next three provincial general elections in various districts getting defeated each time. He was first elected in the 1971 Alberta provincial election for
Edmonton Meadowlark . He became the first speaker for the Progressive Conservatives and held that role and Edmonton Meadowlark until 1986 when he was defeated by futureCanadian Senator Grant Mitchell.Amerongon was the second sitting speaker to be defeated in
Alberta but the first sitting speaker to be defeated while his party retained a majority government.He currently runs his own law firm, Gerard J. Amerongen law firm in Edmonton.
External links
* [http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1163511_1?noconfirm=0&channel=LP Gerard J. Amerongen law firm]
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pub/gdbook/Part3/page8.htm Legislative Assembly of Alberta list of Speakers]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/Infoparl/english/issue.htm?param=115&art=648 Speakers Ruling by Gerard Amerongen: Canadian Parliamentary Review Vol. 8 No. 4 1985]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/Hansard/31st2nd/31p_02s_770203p.htm B.C. Legislature guest introduction, Gerard J. Amerongen February 3, 1977]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/house_debates/33_parl/session1/L005.htm#P6_121 Ontario Legislature Guest introduction June 11, 1985]
* [http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/opposition.html Gerard Amerongen decision to recognize Grant Notely opposition leader over Raymond Speaker]
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