James Kidd Flemming
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James Kidd Flemming (April 27, 1868-February 10, 1927) was a businessman and politician in New Brunswick, Canada.
Flemming was a lumberman before entering politics and serving as Provincial Secretary in the government of John Douglas Hazen. He succeeded Hazen as the Conservative premier of New Brunswick in 1911, but was forced to resign in 1914 after he was found guilty of fundraising irregularities.
Nevertheless, Flemming remained popular and won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 federal election and again in the 1926 election.
His son, Hugh John Flemming served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960.
[edit] Further reading
- Arthur T. Doyle, Front Benches and Back Rooms: A story of corruption, muckraking, raw partisanship and political intrigue in New Brunswick, Toronto: Green Tree Publishing, 1976.
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| Preceded by John Douglas Hazen |
Premier of New Brunswick 1911-1914 |
Succeeded by George Johnson Clarke |
| Premiers of New Brunswick |  |
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| Colony: Fisher | Gray | Fisher | S. L. Tilley | Smith | P. Mitchell
Province: | Wetmore | King | Hathaway | King | Fraser | Hanington | Blair | J. Mitchell | Emmerson | Tweedie | Pugsley | Robinson | Hazen | J. Flemming | Clarke | Murray | Foster | Veniot | Baxter | Richards | L. P. Tilley | Dysart | McNair | H. Flemming | Robichaud | Hatfield | McKenna | Frenette | Thériault | Lord | Graham |
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