William A. Flemming Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Colchester. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2015-05-10. 2017-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20170823063817/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/colchester. dead.
  2. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-05-15. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 72.
  3. Web site: Summary Results from 1867 to 2011. Elections Nova Scotia. 44. 2015-05-10. 2013-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090711/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1933. Elections Nova Scotia. 16. 2015-05-10.