Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Almonte Douglas Alkenbrack, a former member of this House, who died recently at the age of 86.
Mr. Alkenbrack first distinguished himself in the lumber industry between 1937 and 1962 at the R.W. Kimmerly Lumber Company Limited, a company that still exists today.
His political career began in 1952, when he became a Napanee municipal councillor. He went on to serve as mayor from 1957 to 1958.
In 1963 he was first elected to the House of Commons, as a Progressive Conservative, representing the riding of Frontenac—Lennox. He was re-elected in every election until he retired from politics in 1979.
On behalf of my colleagues in the Bloc Quebecois, I would like to offer condolences to his family and friends.