Mr. Speaker, on May 15, Quebec lost one of its great historians, with the passing of Jean Hamelin at the age of 66.
Jean Hamelin, Professor Emeritus at Laval University, contributed during a career spanning over 30 years to the training of an impressive number of historians now dispersed throughout the major universities of Canada.
He graduated from Laval University, and in 1957 from the École des Hautes Études de Paris. Among his awards were the Tyrell medal, in 1972, and the Governor General's Literary Award in 1972 and 1985. Among his many books were works on the economic, social, political and religious history of Canada, and of Quebec in particular.
We salute Jean Hamelin's extraordinary accomplishments over his lifetime, and offer our most sincere condolences to his family and friends.