Charles-Aimé Kirkland (November 16, 1896 – August 9, 1961) was a

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politician serving as the Liberal member of the

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in the provincial riding of Jacques-Cartier from 1939 to 1961. Kirkland was the son of Joseph Kirkland, a

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employee, and Rosalie Lanctôt. Kirkland served during

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with the

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, 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, Quebec. He was the father of

Marie-Claire Kirkland Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, (September 8, 1924 – March 24, 2016) was a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabinet minister in Quebec, t ...

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* 1896 births 1961 deaths People from Saint-Constant, Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université Laval alumni Harvard Medical School alumni 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub