Name Napoleon Laflamme Succeeded by Wilfrid Girouard Profession lawyer Party Liberal Party of Canada | Spouse(s) Eugenie Surveyer Died August 10, 1929 Political party Liberal Role Lawyer | |
Preceded by Joseph Ovide Brouillard Appointed by William Lyon Mackenzie King Full Name Napoleon Kemner Laflamme Born 22 October 1865
Lyster, Canada East ( 1865-10-22 ) | ||
Preceded by Laurent-Olivier David | ||
Napoléon Kemner Laflamme, KC (22 October 1865 – 10 August 1929) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Lyster, Canada East, the son of Jacques K. Laflamme and Marie Gagné, and became a lawyer.
Laflamme was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval, was called to the Quebec bar in 1893 and set up practice in Montreal. In 1905, he was named King's Counsel. Laflamme was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1909. In the same year, he married Eugénie Surveyor. He was elected to Parliament at the Drummond—Arthabaska riding in the 1921 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, he left federal politics as of the 1925 federal election and did not seek re-election.
Laflamme was appointed to the Senate on 21 December 1927 and remained in that role until his death on 10 August 1929.