Napoléon Kemner Laflamme

The Hon.
Napoléon Kemner Laflamme
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Drummond—Arthabaska
In office
December 1921  September 1925
Preceded by Joseph Ovide Brouillard
Succeeded by Wilfrid Girouard
Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
In office
21 December 1927  10 August 1929
Appointed by William Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded by Laurent-Olivier David
Succeeded by Jules-Édouard Prévost
Personal details
Born Napoléon Kemner Laflamme
(1865-10-22)22 October 1865
Lyster, Canada East
Died 10 August 1929(1929-08-10) (aged 63)
St-Mathias de Richelieu, Quebec[1]
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Eugénie Surveyer
Profession lawyer

Napoléon Kemner Laflamme, KC (22 October 1865 – 10 August 1929) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Lyster, Canada East, the son of Jacques K. Laflamme and Marie Gagné,[1] and became a lawyer.

Laflamme was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval, was called to the Quebec bar in 1893 and set up practice in Montreal. In 1905, he was named King's Counsel. Laflamme was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1909. In the same year, he married Eugénie Surveyor.[1] He was elected to Parliament at the Drummond—Arthabaska riding in the 1921 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, he left federal politics as of the 1925 federal election and did not seek re-election.

Laflamme was appointed to the Senate on 21 December 1927 and remained in that role until his death on 10 August 1929.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.


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