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August Flamme

August W. Flamme
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
August 22, 1935 – March 21, 1940
Preceded by Perren Baker
Succeeded by Fay Jackson
Constituency Cypress
Personal details
Born (1884-01-01)January 1, 1884
Newton, Iowa, U.S.
Died February 13, 1961(1961-02-13) (aged 77)
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.

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.

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.

He died in 1961 at the Bow Island Hospital in Bow Island, Alberta.


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