Napoléon Kemner Laflamme Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Napoléon Kemner Laflamme
Birthname:Napoléon Kemner Laflamme
Birth Date:1865 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Lyster, Canada East
Death Place:St-Mathias de Richelieu, Quebec
Spouse:Eugénie Surveyer
Constituency Mp:Drummond—Arthabaska
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Joseph Ovide Brouillard
Successor:Wilfrid Girouard
Term Start:December 1921
Term End:September 1925
Office2:Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
Term Start2:21 December 1927
Term End2:10 August 1929
Predecessor2:Laurent-Olivier David
Successor2:Jules-Édouard Prévost
Appointed2:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Profession:lawyer
Party:Liberal

Napoléon Kemner Laflamme, (22 October 1865 – 10 August 1929) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.