James Kidd Flemming (April 27, 1868 – February 10, 1927) was a businessman and politician in

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, Canada. Flemming was a

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and lumberman before entering politics and serving as Provincial Secretary-Treasurer from 1908 to 1911 and

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from 1911 to 1914. He succeeded Douglas Hazen as the

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in 1911. In the June 1912 general election, Flemming led his provincial party to the biggest electoral victory in its history. In addition to two independent Conservative seats, the Conservative Party captured 42 of the province's 46 seats. Under Flemming, the

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was used for the first time in the

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. In 1914, Premier Flemming was forced to resign after charges of fundraising irregularities against him were made public by a powerful group of back-room Liberals known as the "Dark Lantern Brigade" led by party organizers

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and

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plus

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and Federal Member of Parliament,

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. Nevertheless, Flemming remained popular and won a

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in the

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in the 1925 federal election and again in the 1926 election. He was president and director of the Flemming and Gibson lumber business in

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. His son,

Hugh John Flemming Hugh John Flemming (January 5, 1899 – October 16, 1982) was a politician and the 24th premier of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960. He is always known as "Hugh John". Born in Peel, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of James Kidd Flemming, Premi ...

took over the business and too entered politics, serving as Premier of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960. James Kidd Flemming suffered from poor health for many of his adult years and died in 1927 at age fifty-eight. He and his wife Helena are buried in the family plot at the Methodist Church Cemetery in

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