James Garden

James Garden

James Ford Garden (February 19 1847–1914) was a Canadian engineer and the seventh Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving from 1898 to 1900. Under his tenure the city developed a street car system, sidewalks, road grades and water connections.

Born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, the son of son of H. M. G. and E. Jane (Gale) Garden, Garden was elected a member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers in 1894. He was a lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps in the North-West Rebellion in 1875 and was wounded in the Battle of Batoche. From 1898 to 1900, he was mayor of Vancouver. [cite book|title=British Columbia from the earliest times to the present|year=1914|url=http://www.archive.org/details/britishcolumbiaf00schouoft|page=pg. 13] He ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Burrard in the 1900 federal election. [cite web|title=History of Federal Ridings since 1867|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=4347]

He was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a British Columbia Conservative Party MLA for Vancouver City in 1900 and re-elected in 1903 and 1907.

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