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James Marshall Ferris
Ontario MPP
In office
1875–1886
Preceded byWilliam Wilson Webb
Succeeded byWilliam Arnson Willoughby
ConstituencyNorthumberland East
Personal details
Born1828
County Fermanagh, Ireland
DiedMarch 2, 1893(1893-03-02) (aged 64)
Campbellford, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Catherine Fralick
(m. 1857)
Childrennone
OccupationPostmaster

James Marshall Ferris (1828 – March 2, 1893) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Northumberland East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1875 to 1886.

He was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland in 1828 and came to Canada West in 1850. In 1857, he married Catherine Fralick. Ferris served as postmaster of Campbellford, Ontario, reeve of Seymour Township and warden of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham.

Ferris acquired large amounts of property in the Campbellford area and his descendants donated the land which later became Ferris Provincial Park.