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 honourary 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]
References
- ^ "Laflamme, Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe", Dictonary 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.
- Bernard, Jean-Paul (1990). "Laflamme , Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Rodolphe Laflamme – Parliament of Canada biography
| Political offices | ||
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| 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 |