Napoléon Kemner Laflamme

The Hon. Napoléon Kemner Laflamme
Laflamme in 1923
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Drummond—Arthabaska
In office December 1921 – September 1925
Preceded by	Joseph Ovide Brouillard
Succeeded by	Wilfrid Girouard
Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
In office 21 December 1927 – 10 August 1929
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Laurent-Olivier David
Succeeded by	Jules-Édouard Prévost
Personal details
Born	Napoléon Kemner Laflamme (1865-10-22)22 October 1865 Lyster, Canada East
Died	10 August 1929(1929-08-10) (aged 63) St-Mathias de Richelieu, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Eugénie Surveyer
Profession	lawyer

Napoléon Kemner Laflamme, KC (22 October 1865 – 10 August 1929) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. 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.

1921 Canadian federal election: Drummond—Arthabaska
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Napoléon Kemner Laflamme	10,280
	Progressive	Wilfrid Blanchard	2,154
	Conservative	Wilfrid Laliberté	1,902
	Independent	Joseph Albert Nadeau	1,503

External links

• Napoléon Kemner Laflamme – Parliament of Canada biography