Background
He was born on October 12, 1884, in Quebec City.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born on October 12, 1884, in Quebec City.
Therefore Hamel was offered no portfolio. Hamel did not run for re-election in the 1939 election. He died on January 22, 1954.
Hamel"s main objective did not take place while he was in office.
However, the government of Adélard Godbout bought the Montreal Light Heat & Power Company, which became Hydro-Québec, in 1944. Furthermore, nearly all privately owned electric corporations were nationalized and merged to Hydro-Québec in 1962-1963, under the premiership of Jean Lesage.
Hamel entered politics to achieve the nationalization of all privately owned electric companies. When his party merged with the Conservative Party of Quebec to form the Union Nationale, Hamel became one of Maurice Duplessis"s most important campaign leaders.
After he secured his job as Premier, Duplessis kept many of the more progressive and independent-minded members of his party on the backbench.