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 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 Canadian House of Commons, 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.^[1]

References

1. Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903)

• "Rodolphe Laflamme". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• Rodolphe Laflamme – Parliament of Canada biography