Rodolphe Laflamme | |
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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 Montreal, Quebec | (aged 66)
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.