Charles James Fleming, KC (26 November 1839 – 25 December 1904)[1] was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.
He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1895, but his parliamentary career was cut short when he fell out with the Liberal Party in his constituency.
[7] In January 1894 the Doncaster Liberal Council decided not to adopt him as their candidate for the next election, resolving:"That, after what has transpired between their member of Parliament and the executive, this meeting is of the opinion that Mr. C. J. Fleming, M.P.
[10] From 1893 to 1896 he was a director of a mining exploration company in Western Australia, and in 1897 obtained an option to purchase on two music halls in Paris.
[10] This failure combined with a fall in the value of his Australian shares to leave him bankrupt by 1898, although the Official Receiver concluded that the without the speculation in Paris, Fleming would probably not have become insolvent.