{{Short description|Canadian politician (1842–1921)}} {{other people}} {{More footnotes needed|date=October 2021}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Hon. | name = James Domville | honorific_suffix = | image = James Domville.jpg | constituency_MP = King's | parliament = Canadian | predecessor = George Ryan | successor = George Eulas Foster | term_start = 1872 | term_end = 1882 | predecessor2 = George Eulas Foster | successor2 = George William Fowler | term_start2 = 1896 | term_end2 = 1900 | office3 = Senator for Rothesay, New Brunswick | appointer3 = Wilfrid Laurier | term_start3 = April 20, 1903 | term_end3 = July 30, 1921 | birth_date = {{birth date|1842|11|29}} | birth_place = Belize, British Honduras (Belize) | death_date = {{death date and age|1921|7|30|1842|11|29}} | death_place = Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada | spouse = | party = Liberal (1896–1921)<br>Conservative (1872–1882) | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }} '''James Domville''' (November 29, 1842 – July 30, 1921) was a Canadian businessman, militia officer and politician.
==Biography== Domville was the son of a British major-general, also named James Domville. In 1858 James, Jr., went to Barbados, where his father commanded a regiment.<ref name="appletons">{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Domville, James|year=1900}}</ref> He was educated at the Royal Military Academy and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the New Brunswick militia, commanding the 8th Princess Louise New Brunswick Hussars Cavalry Regiment.
Domville was involved in a great number of business interests. He imported tea and other goods from the British West Indies. He was invested in iron works, rolling mills, and nail factories.<ref name="appletons"/> Domville was also a member of the board of Globe Mutual Life Assurance and of Stadacona Fire and Life Insurance, and director and president of Maritime Bank of the Dominion of Canada. He was a member of the council of the Dominion Artillery Association, a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, was president of the Kings County Board of Trade, and was chairman of the delegation from Saint John, at the Dominion Board of Trade, Ottawa, in 1871.<ref name="appletons"/>
Domville represented King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1882 as a Conservative. Domville came to disagree with his party's protectionist policies – a matter which led to a physical confrontation with caucus-mate Arthur Hill Gillmor. These policies were unpopular enough with his constituents that he lost his seat in 1882, leading to his split with the Conservative Party of Sir John A. Macdonald. He would run several times unsuccessfully as an independent candidate, but when he returned to parliament from 1896 to 1900 it was as a Liberal.
Domville was also a Saint John city alderman for a time, during which he was instrumental in the establishment of the city's public library. In 1903 he was appointed to the Senate by Wilfrid Laurier, where he served until his death.
== Electoral record == {{1872 Canadian federal election/King's}} {{1874 Canadian federal election/King's}} {{1878 Canadian federal election/King's}} {{1882 Canadian federal election/King's}}
By-election: On election being declared void
{{CanElec1-by|7 November 1882}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|George Eulas Foster |2,005}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|James Domville |1,723}} {{end}}
By-election: On Mr. Foster's acceptance of the office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries
{{CanElec1-by|31 December 1885}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|George Eulas Foster |}} {{CANelec|CA|Independent Conservative|James Domville|}} {{end}} {{1887 Canadian federal election/King's}} {{1891 Canadian federal election/King's}} {{1896 Canadian federal election/King's}} {{1900 Canadian federal election/King's}}
==See also== *Domville Building
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==References== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=8539}} * Peter J. Mitham, [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=8110 James Domville], in ''Canadian Dictionary of Biography online'', 2004
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