James Nicol Grieve was a farmer and political figure in Ontario

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, Canada. He represented Perth North

Perth North

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1891 to 1896 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Mornington Township, Canada West, the son of Scottish

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immigrants. He married Ella O. F. Hutchison. He was deputy reeve for Mornington Township from 1892 to 1893. Grieve's election in 1891 was overturned on appeal but he won the subsequent by-election in 1892. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1896. Grieve was also a director of the Elma Fire Insurance Company and the Farmer's Institute for the North Region of Perth.