Rodolphe Laflamme | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Jacques Cartier | |
| In office 1872–1878 | |
| Preceded by | Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher |
| Succeeded by | Désiré Girouard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme 15 May 1827 Montreal, Lower Canada |
| Died | 7 December 1893 (aged 66) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme, PC (15 May 1827 – 7 December 1893), was a French-Canadian lawyer, professor of law and politician. He received a BCL in 1856 and an honorary DCL in 1873, both from McGill University.[1] He was a partner in a prominent Montreal, Quebec, law firm, and was known for his support of the Liberal party. He was from 1872 to 1878 a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, and served as the Minister of Inland Revenue, and then the Minister of Justice in the administration of Alexander Mackenzie.
Family
His daughter Lady Jetté, married, in 1862, Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, K.C.M.G., a Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. She was born March 27, 1841, and educated in Montreal.[2]
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | 685 | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 635 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[3] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | acclaimed | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Laflamme being named Minister of Inland Revenue, 9 November 1876
| By-election on 28 December 1876 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | acclaimed | |||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 1,010 | ||||||
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | 1,008 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 994 | ||||||
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | 731 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Laflamme, Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe", Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 178.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
- Bernard, Jean-Paul (1990). "Laflamme, Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Rodolphe Laflamme – Parliament of Canada biography
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