Norman B. James

Norman Bloomfield James
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office August 22, 1935 – March 21, 1940
Preceded by	Lorne Proudfoot
Succeeded by	District Abolished
Constituency	Acadia
In office March 21, 1940 – August 17, 1948 Serving with David Duggan (1940-1942) Hugh John MacDonald (1940-1944) Ernest Manning (1940-1948) John Page Elmer Roper (1942-1948) William Williams (1944-1948)
Preceded by	Samuel Barnes, Edward Gray, Walter Morrish, David Mullen and Gerald O'Connor
Succeeded by	Clayton Adams, Lou Heard and James Prowse
Constituency	Edmonton
Personal details
Born	August 4, 1872 Wandsworth, England
Died	1963
Political party	Social Credit

Norman Bloomfield James (August 4, 1872 - 1963) was a farmer and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1948 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Early life

Norman Bloomfield James was born on August 4, 1872 in Wandsworth, England. He attended post secondary education at Aberystwyth University. Bloomfield moved to Canada in 1893. He settled near Youngstown, Alberta and began farming.^[1]

Political career

James ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Acadia in the 1935 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent Lorne Proudfoot and another candidate with a landslide majority to pickup the seat for his party.^[2]

The 1939 boundary redistribution saw the electoral district of Acadia merged with Coronation to form Acadia-Coronation. James decided to run for re-election in the electoral district of Edmonton in the 1940 Alberta general election. James was returned winning the third place seat out of five.^[3]

James ran for a third term in office in the 1944 Alberta general election. He barely hung onto his seat winning in the final vote count.^[4]

James retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1948.

References

1. ^ Janine Stingel (2000). Social Discredit. McGill Queen's University Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 0-7735-2010-4. 
2. ^ "Acadia Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Acadia. Retrieved March 14, 2010. 
3. ^ "Edmonton Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1940&Constit=Edmonton. Retrieved March 14, 2010. 
4. ^ "Edmonton Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1940&Constit=Edmonton. Retrieved March 14, 2010. 

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing

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Name	James, Norman
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Date of birth	August 4, 1872
Place of birth	Wandsworth, England
Date of death	1963
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