Edmund James Flynn

Edmund James Flynn
10th Premier of Quebec
In office
May 11, 1896 – May 24, 1897
Monarch Victoria
Lieutenant Governor Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Preceded by Louis-Olivier Taillon
Succeeded by Félix-Gabriel Marchand
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Gaspé
In office
May 1, 1878 – June 17, 1890
Preceded by Pierre-Étienne Fortin
Succeeded by Achille-Ferdinand Carrier
In office
March 8, 1892 – December 7, 1900
Preceded by Achille-Ferdinand Carrier
Succeeded by Xavier Kennedy
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Nicolet
In office
December 7, 1900 – November 25, 1904
Preceded by Georges Ball
Succeeded by Alfred Marchildon
Leader of the Official Opposition of Quebec
In office
May 24, 1897 – November 25, 1904
Preceded by Félix-Gabriel Marchand
Succeeded by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Personal details
Born (1847-11-16)November 16, 1847
Percé, Canada East
Died June 7, 1927(1927-06-07) (aged 79)
Quebec City, Quebec
Resting place Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont
Nationality Canadian
Political party Liberal
Conservative
Spouse(s) Augustine Côté (m. 1875)
Marie-Cécile Pouliot (m. 1912)
Relations Jacques Flynn, grandson
Children 11
Alma mater Université Laval
Occupation lawyer, professor, and judge
Profession politician
Religion Roman Catholic

Edmund James Flynn (November 16, 1847 – June 7, 1927) was a Canadian politician and the tenth Premier of Quebec.

Background

Flynn, the son of Jacques Flynn and Elizabeth Tostevin, was born at Percé on November 16, 1847. He studied law at the Université Laval in Quebec City from 1871 to 1873, obtaining his degree with distinction. On 16 Sept. 1873 he was called to the bar of the province of Quebec and he took up his profession in the region where he was born.

Member of the legislature

Flynn became the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Gaspé in 1878. He crossed the floor in 1879 and joined the Conservative Party, a very controversial move at that time, an action which was shocking in the Gaspé riding where he was a favourite son, and a gallant chivalric-like orator on campaign. Flynn won re-election each time until 1890. In that year, Honore Mercier's Parti National won a landslide victory and Flynn lost his seat. Flynn was sent back to the legislature in 1892 and was re-elected in 1897.

Conservative Leader

He succeeded Louis-Olivier Taillon as Conservative Leader, became the tenth Premier of Quebec in 1896. In office he was concerned with public works, Crown Land adjudication and improving the quality of primary education and the compensation for schoolmasters. This short tenure marked the final time that the Conservative Party held power in Quebec.

In the 1897, his government suffered electoral defeat to the more popular Félix-Gabriel Marchand. During the remainder of his term as a legislator, Flynn served as Leader of the Opposition.

Judge

Flynn had taught a course in Roman law at Université Laval in Quebec City from the late 1870s. Flynn had been appointed a judge of the Superior Court for the district of Beauce in June 1914. In June 1920 he was appointed Judge of the Court of King's Bench, an office he held for the rest of his life. Flynn died at Quebec City, June 7, 1927 and his remains were interred in the cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont, Sainte-Foy, Quebec.

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