James Kidd Flemming was a businessman and politician in New Brunswick, Canada.
Career
He succeeded Douglas Hazen as the Premier of New Brunswick in 1911. In addition to two independent Conservative seats, the Conservative Party captured 42 of the province"s 46 seats. Under Flemming, the French language was used for the first time in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
He was president and director of the Flemming and Gibson lumber business in Juniper, New Brunswick.
James Kidd Flemming suffered from poor health for many of his adult years and died in 1927 at age fifty-eight.
Politics
Flemming was a school teacher and lumberman before entering politics and serving as Provincial Secretary-Treasurer from 1908 to 1911 and Minister of Lands and Mines from 1911-1914. In the June 1912 general election, Flemming led his provincial party to the biggest electoral victory in its history.
Membership
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 Peter Veniot and Edward South. Carter plus lawyer and Federal Member of Parliament, Frank Carvell.