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Gamelin was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Maisonneuve—Rosemont and Mercier ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, Mercier and Saint-Léonard ridings.
Gamelin can mean:
People- Gamelin (bishop) (died 1271), a Bishop of St Andrews
- Jacques Gamelin (1738–1803), a French artist
- Maurice Gamelin (1872–1958), French general in command of the French forces at the start of World War II and during the Battle of France
- Gamelin (electoral district) An electoral district in Canada,.
- A former spelling of the Indonesian gamelan orchestra.
Gamelin (died 1271) was a 13th-century Bishop of St Andrews. He had previously been the chancellor to King Alexander III of Scotland, as well as Papal chaplain. He was postulated to the see in Lent, 1255, and confirmed by Pope Alexander IV on 1 July 1255, who also agreed to overlook Gamelin's apparent "defect of birth". Despite his previously strong connections with the king, Gamelin was a Comyn supporter, and was banished from the kingdom sometime in 1256 a year after the Comyn's rival Alan Durward had seized power. After the Durwards were overthrown, he was able to return, and was back in Scotland certainly by 1270. He died the following year at "Inchmurdauch" (Innse Muiredaich).
Usage examples of "gamelin".
This was in fact what General Gamelin ordered on the morning of May 19, but he was replaced that evening by General Maxime Weygand, who immediately canceled the order.
The most General Gamelin, the Chief of the General Staff, would do - and did - was concentrate thirteen divisions near the German frontier, but merely to reinforce the Maginot Line.
Colonel Gamelin said forcefully, meaning the Foreign Legion's special-operations team.