Jacques Flynn (August 22 1915 - September 21 2000) was a Canadian politician and Senator.
A Quebec Progressive Conservative, Flynn ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 Canadian election before winning his riding of Quebec South in the electoral Diefenbaker landslide. he became Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons in 1960. In December 1961, Prime Minister Diefenbaker brought Flynn into the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys, a position he held until losing his seat in the 1962 Canadian election that reduced the Conservatives to a minority government. Later that year he was appointed to the Senate.
Flynn served as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1967 until the 1979 Canadian election that brought the Tories to power. Prime Minister Joe Clark brought Flynn into Cabinet as Minister of Justice. It was unusual for a Senator to hold such a senior cabinet portfolio but as the Conservatives were elected with virtually no representation from Quebec it was necessary to attempt to achieve regional balance in Cabinet by appointing Senators to the body.
With the defeat of the Clark government in the 1980 Canadian election, Flynn returned to the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate continuing in that role until 1984. He remained in the Upper House until his retirement in 1990.
In 1993 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
