James McKinley

Infobox Politician (general)
name= James H. McKinley


imagesize=300
title2= Alderman on the Edmonton City Council
term_start2= December 12, 1910
term_end2= 1911
birth_date= 1877
birth_place= Lanark County, Ontario

James H. McKinley (born 1877 - died 19??) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

Biography

McKinley was born in Lanark County, Ontario in 1877. He came to Edmonton in 1903 and opened the undertaking firm Connolly & McKinley in 1908. He was elected to Edmonton City Council in the municipal election that same year, finishing fourth of thirteen candidates in the race for alderman and winning a two year term.

He was re-elected to a one year term in the 1910 election, when he finished fifth of eleven candidates, but resigned in 1911 to protest the firing of two city commissioners. He ran in the ensuing by-election, but was defeated in a two person race by Thomas Bellamy. McKinley stayed out of politics thereafter.

Links

* [http://www.edmonton.ca/CityGov/ElectionHistory/Members%20of%20Council%20Biographies.doc City of Edmonton biography of James McKinley]