- James Alexander McBain
Infobox CanadianMP
name=James Alexander McBain
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birth_date=30 May 1910
birth_place=St. Thomas, Ontario
death_date=death date and age|1988|8|11|1910|5|30
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riding=Elgin
term_start=March 1954
term_end=September 1965
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profession=farmer
party=Progressive Conservative
party colour=Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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website=|James Alexander McBain (
30 May 1910 -11 August 1988 ) was a Progressive Conservative party member of theCanadian House of Commons . He was born inSt. Thomas, Ontario and became a farmer by career.McBain held municipal office in Ontario's Yarmouth Township in Elgin County first as a councillor in 1940, then as Deputy Reeve from 1945, then was township Reeve in 1947 and 1948.
He was elected to Parliament at the Elgin riding in a
22 March 1954 by-election, then re-elected there for general elections in 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1963. McBain was defeated byHarold Stafford of the Liberal party in the 1965 federal election.From August 1962 to February 1963, McBain served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport.
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