Léo Kemner Laflamme Explained

Léo Kemner Laflamme
Birthname:Joseph-Léo Kemner Laflamme[1]
Birth Date:1893 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse:Béatrice Grégoire
m. 22 May 1922
Riding:Montmagny
Predecessor:Aimé-Miville Déchene
Successor:Armand Lavergne
Term Start:October 1925
Term End:July 1930
Riding2:Montmagny—L'Islet
Predecessor2:Joseph-Fernand Fafard
Successor2:Jean Lesage
Term Start2:March 1940
Term End2:April 1945
Profession:lawyer
Party:Liberal

Joseph-Léo Kemner Laflamme, (30 August 1893  - 10 August 1989) was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States, the son of Edmund K. Laflamme and Célina Blais.[2]

Laflamme moved to Canada in 1898 and was educated at Commercial College in Montmagny, the Quebec Seminary and at Université Laval where he attained a Bachelor of Arts. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1930 and was a Crown attorney in 1935 and 1940. Laflamme also partially owned the Levis newspaper La Laurentienne.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Montmagny riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected there in 1926. Laflamme was defeated by Armand Lavergne of the Conservative Party in the 1930 election. After riding boundaries were changed in 1933, Laflamme returned to Parliament with an election victory at the Montmagny—L'Islet riding in 1940. After serving a final term, Laflamme did not seek another federal term in the 1945 election.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. Léopold . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 . 313.
  2. Book: Public Archives of Canada . The Canadian Directory of Parliament. 1867–1967 . Johnson . J. Keith . 1968 . Queen's Printer.