{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Alexander Murray | image = | image_size = | caption = | order = 16th Premier of New Brunswick | term_start = February 1, 1917 | term_end = April 4, 1917 | predecessor = George J. Clarke | successor = Walter E. Foster | monarch = George V | lieutenant_governor = Josiah Wood | office1 = MLA for Kings | term_start1 = March 3, 1908 | term_end1 = October 9, 1920 | predecessor1 = William Pugsley | successor1 = Ormond W. Wetmore | alongside1 = George Burpee Jones, Frederick M. Sproule, Hedley V. Dickson | birth_date = {{birth date|1864|11|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = Moncton, New Brunswick, British North American | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|1960|2|16|1864|11|9}} | death_place = Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada | party = Conservative | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = businessman | profession = politician }} '''James Alexander Murray''' (9 November 1864 in Moncton, New Brunswick – 16 February 1960) was a Conservative politician and the 16th premier of New Brunswick. Murray was first elected to the legislature in 1908 and served as Minister of Agriculture before becoming Premier in 1917 only to have his government defeated in the general election weeks later.
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081219204037/http://www.gnb.ca/legis/leglibbib/Special_Projects/premiers-bios/english/JAMurray.pdf Government of New Brunswick biography]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, James Alexander}} Category:1864 births Category:1960 deaths Category:Leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Category:Politicians from Moncton Category:Premiers of New Brunswick Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick