August W. Flamme (January 1, 1884 – February 13, 1961) was a provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...

from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Flamme first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the 1935 general election in the electoral district of Cypress. He defeated incumbent

Perren Baker Perren Earle Baker (August 10, 1877 – February 13, 1974) was a Canadian politician who served as Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three pra ...

and two other candidates in a landslide to pick up the district for his party. In the 1940 general election he was defeated by independent candidate Fay Jackson. He died in 1961 at Bow Island Hospital in Bow Island, Alberta.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flamme, August Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 1884 births 1961 deaths People from Newton, Iowa American emigrants to Canada People from the County of Forty Mile No. 8