Famous People with Name Hamelin

Charles Hamelin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Hamelin: is a Canadian short track speed skater from Sainte-Julie, Quebec currently residing in Montreal with Caroline Truchon.At the 2003 World Junior Short Track Championships, Hamelin won silver medals in the 500 m and the 1500 m races and a bronze in the 2000

Baron Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Baron Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin: was a rear admiral of the French navy and later a Baron. He commanded numerous naval expeditions and battles with the British Navy as well as exploratory voyages in the Indian Ocean and the South Seas.

Charles-André Hamelin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles-André Hamelin: was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman and journalist by career. He won election in the riding of Charlevoix in the 1984 federal election, and thus served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. In the 1988 federal election, Hamelin campaigned at the Laurier—Sainte-Marie riding but was defeated by Jean-Claude Malépart of the Liberal party. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney contested and won Charlevoix in 1988 in place of Hamelin.

Joseph Hamelin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Hamelin: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1927. Hamelin's paternal grandfather, Salomon Hamelin, served in the Legislative Council of Manitoba from 1871 to 1876. His maternal grandfather was legislator Pascal Breland. Hamelin was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election. Running for the Conservative Party in Ste. Rose, he defeated Liberal candidate J.A. Campbell by sixty votes. After the election, he served as a backbench supporter of Rodmond P. Roblin's government. In the 1922 election, Hamelin won re-election over United Farmers of Manitoba candidate Thomas McDonald by ninety votes. He identified himself as an independent candidate during this campaign, although most political observers considered him to be a Conservative in all but name. He appears to have rejoined the Conservative caucus during the parliament that followed. In the 1927 election, he lost the Ste. Rose constituency to Progressive candidate Maurice Dane McCarthy by 224 votes.

Louis-Edmond Hamelin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis-Edmond Hamelin: is a Canadian geographer, professor, and author born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada, best known for his studies of Northern Canada.Hamelin specializes in Northern and Aboriginal peoples studies. He coined several words concerning the North, like Nordicity and wrote several books and articles on the North (Canadian Nordicity/Nordicité Canadienne).