An electric contact material for a connector comprises: a base material (10) made from a metallic material; an alloy layer (2) of a ternary or higher system, which is formed on the base material (10), contains Sn and Cu, and additionally contains at least one metal selected from Zn, Co, Ni and Pd; and an electrically conductive coating film layer (3) which is formed on the surface of the alloy layer (2). The alloy layer (2) contains an intermetallic compound which is produced by substituting a part of Cu in Cu6Sn5 by at least one kind of metal selected from Zn, Co, Ni and Pd. It is preferred that the content of the at least one kind of metal selected from Zn, Co, Ni and Pd in the alloy layer (2) falls within the range from 1 to 50 at.% wherein the total content of the at least one kind of metal and Cu is 100 at.%.