James Lyle Telford was the 24th mayor of Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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 from 1939 to 1940 and a founder of the British Columbia branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

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 (CCF). He was born in Valens, Ontario

Flamborough, Ontario

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Telford was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 as CCF representative. He campaigned for Vancouver mayor in late 1938, defeating incumbent mayor George Clark Miller

George Clark Miller

George Clark Miller was the 23rd mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1937 to 1938. He was born in Huron County, Ontario, moving to Manitoba, then in 1941 to Vancouver....

by approximately 2000 votes in a city race that involved a total of seven mayoral candidates, which split the right-wing vote. Telford did not maintain CCF party membership as mayor, maintaining that political parties should not be a part of municipal politics. He was also a medical doctor by profession.

External links

• Vancouver History: list of mayors, accessed 24 August 2006