James Moffat Douglas was a farmer, missionary and politician from western Canada

Canada

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. The son of John and Euphemia (Moffat) Douglas, he was born and received his early education in Linton, Bankhead, Roxburghshire in Scotland, and came with his parents to settle on a small farm near Cambray, Ontario, in 1851.

Douglas was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the district of Assiniboia East

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 in the 1896 Federal Election

Canadian federal election, 1896

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 he defeated William McDonald, who was previously acclaimed as the ridings Member of Parliament. Douglas won under the Liberal Party of Canada

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 banner. In 1900, he was re-elected to represent the district for a second term, he retired in 1904.

Douglas was appointed to the Canadian Senate

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 to represent the province of Saskatchewan

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 on the advice of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

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 on March 8, 1906. He served in the Canadian Senate affiliated as an Independent Liberal until his death on August 19, 1920.

Douglas built a homestead

Homestead (buildings)

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 in the Qu'Appelle Valley in 1904. He named it Tantallon because he said the location reminded him of Tantallon Castle

Tantallon Castle

Tantallon Castle is a mid-14th-century fortress, located east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. It sits atop a promontory opposite the Bass Rock, looking out onto the Firth of Forth...

 in Scotland

Scotland

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. Tantallon

Tantallon, Saskatchewan

Tantallon is a community in Saskatchewan. It is located in the Qu'Appelle Valley about 32 km east of Round Lake . The community celebrated its centennial in 2004...

takes its name from the homestead.

External links

• http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/douglas_james_moffat_1839-1920.html Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan