James S. Lord
James S. Lord | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | |
| In office 1925–1930 | |
| Constituency | Charlotte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1875 Lord's Cove, Deer Island, New Brunswick |
| Died | July 8, 1932 (aged 56) Lord's Cove, Deer Island, New Brunswick |
| Party | Conservative Party of New Brunswick |
| Occupation | insurance agent |
James Simpson Lord (December 21, 1875 – July 8, 1932) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of the Conservative party representing Charlotte County from 1925 to 1930.[1]
In 1903, Lord became a provisional director of the West Isles Telephone Company on Deer Island along with Frederic Richardson, Edwin McNeil, Wilford Randall and Dr. Alexander Murray.[2]
In 1908, Lord was working as a school teacher in Richardson, Deer Island.[3] He went on to work as a school teacher in Saint John, then became general agent for Canada Life Insurance Company in Charlotte County.[4] In 1916, he resigned from his role as chief bookkeeper for Ganong Bros. chocolate.[5]
Lord was a member of the Knights of Pythias.[6]
Lord served as scribe, and later Vice President (Imperial Klaliff), of the Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.[7][8][9] Lord attended a 1927 KKK recruitment rally in Sarnia, Ontario where he stated "We must have an Anglo-Saxon Canada".[10]
References
- ↑ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1927). Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P.G. Normandin.
- ↑ https://archives.gnb.ca/en-ca/collections/details?level=0&key=7492
- ↑ The Granite town greetings : Vol. 3, No. 2 (January 22, 1908)
- ↑ The Evening times star : Vol. XXI, No. 226 (June 25, 1925)
- ↑ The Beacon : Vol. XXVII, No. 52 (June 24, 1916)
- ↑ The Saint John standard : Vol. XIII, No. 224 (February 1, 1922)
- ↑ James M. Pitsula (31 May 2013). Keeping Canada British: The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan. UBC Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7748-2492-7.
- ↑ Gregory S. Kealey; Reginald Whitaker (1994). R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins: The Early Years, 1919-1929. Canadian Committee on Labour History. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-9692060-9-5.
- ↑ https://nbmediacoop.org/2021/01/23/new-brunswicks-alt-right-history-is-anything-but-new/
- ↑ https://www.thesarniajournal.ca/top-story/guest-column-the-klan-cross-burnings-a-dark-chapter-of-city-history-7970392