Raymond Rock

Raymond Rock

Raymond Rock (born October 1, 1922 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada) is a former Canadian politician and a businessman. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party representing the riding of Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle in the 1962 federal election and later represented the riding of Lachine. Rock physically crossed the floor in 1972 to join the Progressive Conservatives and was subsequentially defeated in the 1972 election.Raymond Rock crossed the floor because he had received a communique from the Liberal Party that no anglophones in Quebec should be employed by the Federal Government, no matter how bilingual. He also sat on various standing committees. Rock was a member of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in which he served on the HMCS Portage (J331) between 1942 and 1945. He also served as alderman in Lachine, Quebec.

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