John James (Canadian politician)

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John James
Member of Parliament
for Durham
In office
June 1949 – June 1957
Preceded byCharles Elwood Stephenson
Succeeded byPercy Vivian
Personal details
Born
John Mason James

(1911-01-17)17 January 1911
Bowmanville, Canada
Died18 October 1999(1999-10-18) (aged 88)
Bowmanville, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Professionnewspaper 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.

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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
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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

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