August Flamme
| August W. Flamme | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office August 22, 1935 – March 21, 1940 |
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| Preceded by | Perren Baker |
| Succeeded by | Fay Jackson |
| Constituency | Cypress |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1884 Newton, Iowa, U.S.[1] |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bow Island, Alberta |
| Political party | Social Credit |
| Occupation | politician |
August W. Flamme (January 1, 1884 – February 13, 1961) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
Political career
Flamme ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the 1935 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Cypress. He defeated incumbent Perren Baker and two other candidates with a landslide majority to pick up the district for his party.[2]
Flamme ran for a second term in office in the 1940 Alberta general election. He was defeated in a hotly contested two way race by independent candidate Fay Jackson.[3]
He died in 1961 at the Bow Island Hospital in Bow Island, Alberta.[4]
