Background
Flynn, the son of Jacques Flynn and Elizabeth Tostevin, was born at Percé on November 16, 1847. On 16 September 1873 he was called to the bar of the province of Quebec and he took up his profession in the region where he was born.
Flynn, the son of Jacques Flynn and Elizabeth Tostevin, was born at Percé on November 16, 1847. On 16 September 1873 he was called to the bar of the province of Quebec and he took up his profession in the region where he was born.
He studied law at the Université Laval in Quebec City from 1871 to 1873, obtaining his degree with distinction.
He crossed the floor in 1879 and joined the Conservative Party, a very controversial move at that time, an action which was shocking in the Gaspé riding where he was a favorite son, and a gallant chivalric-like orator on campaign. Flynn was sent back to the legislature in 1892 and was re-elected in 1897. He succeeded Louis-Olivier Taillon as, became the tenth Premier of Quebec in 1896.
In office he was concerned with public works, Crown Land adjudication and improving the quality of primary education and the compensation for schoolmasters.
This short tenure marked the final time that the Conservative Party held power in Quebec. In 1897, his government suffered electoral defeat to the more popular Felix-Gabriel Marchand.
During the remainder of his term as a legislator, Flynn served as Leader of the Opposition. Flynn had taught a course in Roman law at Université Laval in Quebec City from the late 1870s.
Flynn had been appointed a judge of the Superior Court for the district of Beauce in June 1914.
In June 1920 he was appointed of the Court of King"s Bench, an office he held for the rest of his life. Flynn died at Quebec City, June 7, 1927 and his remains were interred in the cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont, Sainte-Foy, Quebec.
Flynn became the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association) for the district of Gaspé in 1878.