James Moffat Forgie was a Liberal party

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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Forgie was born in Pembroke, Ontario

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 and became a barrister and lawyer. He attended schools at St. Andrews College then Queens University where he received his Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1911, then attended Osgoode Hall Law School

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. He also served in World War I

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 as a captain with the 48th Highlanders

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, then in World War II

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 as a major with the Canadian Armoured Corps.

He made an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat in the Ontario Legislature

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 in 1948. In the 1953 federal election

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, Forgie won at the Renfrew North

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 riding and was re-elected there in 1957

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, 1958

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, 1962

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 and 1963

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. After completing his term in the 26th Canadian Parliament

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, Forgie left Parliament and did not seek a further term in the 1965 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1965

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