James Lester Douglas was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Head of Hillsborough, Prince Edward Island, the son of Elisha Albert Douglas and Emma Louise Coffin. He became an exporter and farmer by career.

He was educated at Charlottetown Business College. In 1910, Douglas received a Royal Humane Society Medal for life saving. He married Mabel Amanda Wright (1898–1969) on 17 May 1927.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Queen's

Queen's (Prince Edward Island electoral district)

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 riding in the 1940 general election

Canadian federal election, 1940

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 and re-elected there in the 1945

Canadian federal election, 1945

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 and 1949

Canadian federal election, 1949

The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...

 elections. Douglas died on 30 September 1950 before completing his term in the 21st Canadian Parliament

21st Canadian Parliament

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