John James (Canadian politician)

John James
Member of Parliament for Durham
In office June 1949 – June 1957
Preceded by	Charles Elwood Stephenson
Succeeded by	Percy Vivian
Personal details
Born	John Mason James (1911-01-17)17 January 1911 Bowmanville, Canada
Died	18 October 1999(1999-10-18) (aged 88) Bowmanville, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Profession	newspaper publisher

John Mason James (17 January 1911 – 18 October 1999) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Bowmanville, Ontario, he was a publisher of the Canadian Statesman newspaper by career. Before entering politics, he was a Captain of Military Intelligence during WW2 between the years of 1940–1945.

He was first elected at the Durham riding in the 1949 general election and re-elected there in the 1953 election. James was defeated in the 1957 election by Percy Vivian of the Progressive Conservative party.

1957 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Vivian	7,331	44.49	-0.48
	Liberal	John Mason James	6,829	41.45	-4.78
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Dent	1,918	11.64	+2.84
	Social Credit	Kenneth Toms	399	2.42

1953 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Liberal	John Mason James	6,684	46.22	-0.44
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Elwood Stephenson	6,504	44.98	+1.23
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Merdith Roy Armstrong	1,273	8.80	-0.78

1949 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Liberal	John Mason James	6,907	46.66	+1.89
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Elwood Stephenson	6,476	43.75	-4.57
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James David Kenny	1,419	9.59	+2.68

External links

• John James – Parliament of Canada biography
• Profile of John James