James Kellway Pinder was an English

England

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-born farmer, businessman and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada. He represented York County

York County, New Brunswick

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 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1892 to 1899 and from 1912 to 1925 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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, the son of John Pinder, and came to York County with his family at the age of 8. He became involved in lumbering and milling, settling in Temperance Vale

Temperance Vale, New Brunswick

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. Pinder married Mary Ann Annett. He served on the county council and was county warden. In 1899

New Brunswick general election, 1899

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, he was defeated when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly. Pinder was also president of the Southampton Railway Company. In 1914, Liberal MP Frank Carvell

Frank Broadstreet Carvell

Frank Broadstreet Carvell, PC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician.Carvell was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick. His father was a farmer descended from United Empire Loyalists and his mother was an Ulster Protestant. He was educated locally and worked as a teacher...

charged that Pinder had illegally received federal subsidies for the railway; those charges were later proven to be true.

James and Mary Pinder are buried in St. Luke's Anglican Church Cemetery in Temperance Vale.