Bud Germa

Melville Carlyle (Bud) Germa
MP for Sudbury
In office 1967–1968
Preceded by	Rodger Mitchell
Succeeded by	Jim Jerome
MPP for Sudbury
In office 1971–1981
Preceded by	Elmer Sopha
Succeeded by	Jim Gordon
Personal details
Born	August 5, 1920 Creighton, Ontario
Died	June 17, 1993
Political party	New Democrat
Residence(s)	Sudbury, Ontario
Occupation	labour organizer

Melville Carlyle (Bud) Germa (August 5, 1920 — June 17, 1993) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Sudbury from 1967 to 1968 in the Canadian House of Commons, and from 1971 to 1981 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was a member of the New Democratic Party.

Before entering politics, Germa was a labourer and union organizer in Sudbury, and served on Sudbury City Council.

Germa first ran as an NDP candidate in the 1965 election, losing to Liberal incumbent Rodger Mitchell. Mitchell died in 1967, however, and in the resulting byelection, Germa won the seat. However, in the national election the following year, Germa lost to Jim Jerome of the Liberals, the same candidate he had faced in 1967.

Germa subsequently ran in the 1971 provincial election, and represented the riding for ten years at Queen's Park.

External links

• Bud Germa – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archived)