Charles-Aimé Kirkland (November 16, 1896 – August 9, 1961) was a
Canadian politician serving as the
Liberal member of the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French: ''Assemblée législative du Québec'') was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature from 1867 to December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, t ...
in the provincial riding of
Jacques-Cartier
Jacques-Cartier is an electoral district in the West Island of Montreal, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with an Anglophone majority. It notably includes th ...
from 1939 to 1961.
Kirkland was the son of Joseph Kirkland, a
Canadian Pacific employee, and Rosalie Lanctôt.
Kirkland served during
World War I with the
Royal Canadian Engineers
The Canadian Military Engineers (CME; french: links=no, Génie militaire canadien) is the military engineering personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. The members of the branch that wear army uniform comprise the Corps of Royal Canadian Engi ...
, then studied medicine at Laval and Harvard.
The Town of
Kirkland is named in his honour, as well as the now-closed Charles A. Kirkland Elementary school in
Roxboro Roxboro is the name of several places:
*Roxboro, Quebec, now part of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* Roxboro, North Carolina, United States of America
*Roxboro, Limerick, a townland in Co Limerick, Ireland
*Roxboro, Ca ...
, Quebec.
He was the father of
Marie-Claire Kirkland.
References
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1896 births
1961 deaths
People from Saint-Constant, Quebec
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Université Laval alumni
Harvard Medical School alumni
French Quebecers
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