Rodolphe Laflamme

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; 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 honorary 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]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	685
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	635
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[3]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca

By-election: On Mr. Laflamme being named Minister of Inland Revenue, 9 November 1876

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 28 December 1876
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	acclaimed

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	1,010
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	1,008

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	994
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	731

References

^ "Laflamme, Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe", Dictionary 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.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

Bernard, Jean-Paul (1990). "Laflamme, Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 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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[1] "Laflamme, Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe", Dictionary of Canadian Biography

[2] 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.

[3] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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v t e Ministers of Inland Revenue
Ministers of Inland Revenue (1867–92)	Howland Campbell (acting) Morris Tupper O'Connor Gibbs Fournier Geoffrion Laflamme Cauchon Laurier Baby Aikins Costigan
Controllers of Inland Revenue (1892–97)	Wood Prior de Lotbinière
Ministers of Inland Revenue (1897–1918)	de Lotbinière Bernier Brodeur Templeman Nantel Blondin Patenaude Sévigny Sifton^†
^†The offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue were amalgamated by Order in Council dated May 18, 1918.

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