Charles-Aimé Kirkland | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier |
Predecessor: | Anatole Carignan |
Successor: | Marie-Claire Kirkland |
Term Start: | 1939 |
Term End: | 1961 |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1896 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Constant, Quebec |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Party: | Liberal |
Children: | Marie-Claire Kirkland |
Alma Mater: | Laval University, Harvard School of Medicine |
Occupation: | medical doctor |
Charles-Aimé Kirkland (November 16, 1896 - August 9, 1961) was a Canadian politician serving as the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the provincial riding of Jacques-Cartier from 1939 to 1961.
Kirkland was the son of Joseph Kirkland, a Canadian Pacific employee, and Rosalie Lanctôt.
Kirkland served during World War I with the Royal Canadian Engineers, then studied medicine at Laval and Harvard.
The Town of Kirkland is named in his honour, as well as the now-closed Charles A. Kirkland Elementary school in Roxboro, Quebec.
He was the father of Marie-Claire Kirkland.