Rodolphe Laflamme

Rodolphe Laflamme
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
(1827-05-15)15 May 1827
Montreal, Lower Canada
Died 7 December 1893(1893-12-07) (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 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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  • Bernard, Jean-Paul (1990). "Laflamme , Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  • Rodolphe Laflamme – Parliament of Canada biography
Political offices
Preceded by
Felix Geoffrion		 Minister of Inland Revenue
1876–1877		 Succeeded by
Joseph Édouard Cauchon
Preceded by
Edward Blake		 Minister of Justice
1877–1878		 Succeeded by
James McDonald


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