Melville Carlyle Germa (August 5, 1920 — June 17, 1993) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who represented the electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 of Sudbury

Sudbury (electoral district)

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 from 1967 to 1968 in the Canadian House of Commons

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, and from 1971 to 1981 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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. He was a member of the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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.

Before entering politics, Germa was a labourer and union organizer in Sudbury.

Germa first ran as an NDP candidate in the 1965 election

Canadian federal election, 1965

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, losing to Liberal

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 incumbent Rodger Mitchell

Rodger Mitchell

David Rodger Mitchell was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Sudbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 until his death in 1967. He was a member of the Liberal Party....

. Mitchell died in 1967, however, and in the resulting byelection, Germa won the seat. However, in the national election

Canadian federal election, 1968

The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...

 the following year, Germa lost to Jim Jerome of the Liberals, the same candidate he had faced in 1967.

Germa subsequently ran in the 1971 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1971

The Ontario general election of 1971 was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, and represented the riding for ten years at Queen's Park.

External links

• Biography at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario