William A. Flemming | |
Birth Date: | 4 September 1897 |
Birth Place: | Truro, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Truro, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Colchester |
Term Start: | 1928 |
Term End: | 1937 |
Predecessor: | William Boardman Armstrong |
Successor: | Frederick Murray Blois |
Party: | Conservative |
Occupation: | farmer, businessman |
William Alexander Flemming (September 4, 1897 – June 19, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Colchester in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1937. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Born in 1897 at Truro, Nova Scotia, Flemming was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and the Ontario Agricultural College.[2] He married Helen Catherine Dunlop in 1919, and was a farmer and businessman by career.[2] Flemming entered provincial politics in 1928, when he was elected in the dual-member Colchester riding with Conservative Frank Stanfield.[3] In the 1933 election, he was re-elected with Conservative George Y. Thomas.[4] Flemming did not reoffer in the 1937 election.[1] He died at Truro on June 18, 1976.[2]