Léo Kemner Laflamme

Léo Kemner Laflamme
Léo Kemner Laflamme
Member of Parliament; for Montmagny
	In office; October 1925 – July 1930
Preceded by	Aimé-Miville Déchene
Succeeded by	Armand Lavergne
Member of Parliament; for Montmagny—L'Islet
	In office; March 1940 – April 1945
Preceded by	Joseph-Fernand Fafard
Succeeded by	Jean Lesage
Personal details
Born	Joseph-Léo Kemner Laflamme; 30 August 1893; Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States
Died	10 August 1989 (aged 95)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Béatrice Grégoire; m. 22 May 1922
Profession	lawyer

Joseph-Léo Kemner Laflamme, KC (30 August 1893 – 10 August 1989) was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States, the son of Edmund K. Laflamme and Célina Blais.^[2]

Laflamme moved to Canada in 1898 and was educated at Commercial College in Montmagny, the Quebec Seminary and at Université Laval where he attained a Bachelor of Arts. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1930 and was a Crown attorney in 1935 and 1940. Laflamme also partially owned the Levis newspaper La Laurentienne.^[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Montmagny riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected there in 1926. Laflamme was defeated by Armand Lavergne of the Conservative Party in the 1930 election. After riding boundaries were changed in 1933, Laflamme returned to Parliament with an election victory at the Montmagny—L'Islet riding in 1940. After serving a final term, Laflamme did not seek another federal term in the 1945 election.

Electoral record

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election: Montmagny
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léo Kemner Laflamme	4,070
	Conservative	Armand Lavergne	3,189

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Montmagny
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léo Kemner Laflamme	3,985
	Conservative	Armand Lavergne	3,646

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election: Montmagny
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Armand Lavergne	3,857
	Liberal	Léo Kemner Laflamme	3,653
Source: lop.parl.ca

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Normandin, A. Léopold (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. p. 313.
^ Public Archives of Canada (1968). Johnson, J. Keith (ed.). The Canadian Directory of Parliament. 1867–1967. Queen's Printer.

External links

Léo Kemner Laflamme – Parliament of Canada biography

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[CPG-1] Normandin, A. Léopold (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. p. 313.

[2] Public Archives of Canada (1968). Johnson, J. Keith (ed.). The Canadian Directory of Parliament. 1867–1967. Queen's Printer.

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