James Delamere Lafferty
Politician
1849 – 1920
Who was James Delamere Lafferty?
James Delamere Lafferty was a Canadian doctor and politician. He served one term as the fifth mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta from January 20, 1890 to January 19, 1891.
Lafferty graduated from Queen's University in 1871. Lafferty first practised medicine in Ontario before moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1881. He then moved on to Calgary in 1885. He acted as the first president of the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons and Chief Surgeon for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
He ran for the Liberal Party in the Alberta riding of the 1887 Canadian federal election, but lost out to Conservative Donald Watson Davis.
He died on July 29, 1920 in Calgary, aged 71.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1849
Perth County - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Queen's University
- Died
- Jul 29, 1920
Calgary
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on July 23, 2013
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