# James Alexander Murray

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = James Alexander Murray
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| order               = 16th [Premier of New Brunswick](/source/Premier_of_New_Brunswick)
| term_start          = February 1, 1917
| term_end            = April 4, 1917
| predecessor         = [George J. Clarke](/source/George_Johnson_Clarke)
| successor           = [Walter E. Foster](/source/Walter_Edward_Foster)
| monarch             = [George V](/source/George_V)
| lieutenant_governor = [Josiah Wood](/source/Josiah_Wood)
| office1             = [MLA](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick) for [Kings](/source/Kings_(New_Brunswick_provincial_electoral_district))
| term_start1         = March 3, 1908
| term_end1           = October 9, 1920
| predecessor1        = [William Pugsley](/source/William_Pugsley)
| successor1          = [Ormond W. Wetmore](/source/Ormond_W._Wetmore)
| alongside1          = [George Burpee Jones](/source/George_Burpee_Jones), [Frederick M. Sproule](/source/Frederick_M._Sproule), [Hedley V. Dickson](/source/Hedley_V._Dickson)
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1864|11|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [Moncton](/source/Moncton), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick), [British North American](/source/British_North_American)
| death_date          = {{death date and age|mf=y|1960|2|16|1864|11|9}}
| death_place         = [Sussex, New Brunswick](/source/Sussex%2C_New_Brunswick), Canada
| party               = [Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_New_Brunswick)
| spouse              = 
| children            = 
| alma_mater          = 
| occupation          = businessman
| profession          = politician 
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'''James Alexander Murray'''  (9 November 1864 in [Moncton](/source/Moncton), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) – 16 February 1960) was a [Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_New_Brunswick) politician and the 16th [premier of New Brunswick](/source/premier_of_New_Brunswick). Murray was first elected to the [legislature](/source/legislature) in 1908 and served as [Minister of Agriculture](/source/Department_of_Agriculture_(New_Brunswick)) 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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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

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