predecessor parliament birth_place constituency_mp party birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
robert john pratt canadian lachine , quebec , canada jacques-cartier -- lasalle liberal -lrb- ? -- 1972 -rrb- progressive conservative 1 october 1922 1962 theresa kudla raymond rock
 1972 raymond rock
raymond rock

raymond rock -lrb- born october 1 , 1922 -rrb- is a former canadian politician and a businessman .
he was elected member of parliament for the liberal party representing the riding of jacques-cartier -- lasalle in the 1962 federal election and later represented the riding of lachine .
rock physically crossed the floor in 1972 to join the progressive conservatives and was subsequently defeated in the 1972 election.raymond rock crossed the floor because he had received a communique from the liberal party that no anglophones in quebec should be employed by the federal government , no matter how bilingual .
he also sat on various standing committees .
rock was a member of the royal canadian naval volunteer reserve in which he served on the hmcs portage -lrb- j331 -rrb- between 1942 and 1945 .
a businessman and owner of a hardware store , he also served as alderman in lachine , quebec -lrb- 1951 -- 55 and 1957 -- 63 -rrb- as well as president of the lachine chamber of commerce .
rock 's parents , john rock and helena pietzik were both of polish descent .
with his wife , theresa kudla , he had two children , allan eric rock -lrb- 1952 -- 2010 -rrb- and kenneth lester rock -lrb- 1956 -- 2009 -rrb- .
