Rodolphe Laflamme

Rodolphe Laflamme
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Jacques Cartier
In office
1872–1878
Preceded byGuillaume Gamelin Gaucher
Succeeded byDésiré Girouard
Personal details
Born
Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme

(1827-05-15)15 May 1827
Montreal, Lower Canada
Died7 December 1893(1893-12-07) (aged 66)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyLiberal

Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme, PC (15 May 1827 – 7 December 1893), was a French-Canadian lawyer, professor of law and politician. He received a BCL in 1856 and an honorary DCL in 1873, both from McGill University.[1] He was a partner in a prominent Montreal, Quebec, law firm, and was known for his support of the Liberal party. He was from 1872 to 1878 a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, and served as the Minister of Inland Revenue, and then the Minister of Justice in the administration of Alexander Mackenzie.

Family

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His daughter Lady Jetté, married, in 1862, Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, K.C.M.G., a Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. She was born March 27, 1841, and educated in Montreal.[2]

1872 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Rodolphe Laflamme 685
Conservative Désiré Girouard 635
Source: Canadian Elections Database[3]
1874 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Rodolphe Laflamme acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca

By-election: On Mr. Laflamme being named Minister of Inland Revenue, 9 November 1876

By-election on 28 December 1876
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Rodolphe Laflamme acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Désiré Girouard 1,010
Liberal Rodolphe Laflamme 1,008
1882 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Désiré Girouard 994
Liberal Rodolphe Laflamme 731

References

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  1. ^ "Laflamme, Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe", Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  2. ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 178.
  3. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Inland Revenue
1876–1877
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1877–1878
Succeeded by