James Grassick

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Grassick | image = James Grassick.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|03|02}} | birth_place = [[Fergus, Ontario|Fergus]], Ontario | death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|08|04|1868|03|02}} | death_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], Saskatchewan | resting_place = | occupation = Businessman, politician | spouse = {{Marriage|Jessie Beattie|1897}} | children = | awards = | education = | party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan|Conservative]] | office = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] | constituency = [[Regina City (provincial electoral district)|Regina City]] | term_start = 1929 | term_end = 1934 }}

'''James Grassick''' (March 2, 1868<ref name="hawkes"/> – August 4, 1956<ref name="sask">{{cite web |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/grassick_james_1868-1956.html |title=Grassick, James (1868–1956) |work=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |last=Russell |first=Peter A. |accessdate=2009-08-19}}</ref>) was a businessman and political figure in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. He represented [[Regina City (provincial electoral district)|Regina City]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] from 1929 to 1934 as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan|Conservative]].<ref name="tour"/>

==Biography== He was born in [[Fergus, Ontario]], the son of George Grassick and Ann Jane Bell, both natives of [[Scotland]], and moved to [[Manitoba]] with his parents in 1878. The family settled in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]] four years later. Grassick worked in the delivery business for a time before establishing the Capital Ice Company. He was also an agent for the Imperial Oil Company. In 1897, he married Jessie Beattie. Grassick served on Regina town council from 1900 to 1904 and was mayor from 1920 to 1922<ref name="hawkes">{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=720 |title=The story of Saskatchewan and its people. Volume 3 |last=Hawkes |first=John |year=1924 |pages=1728–29 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320162700/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=720 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and again from 1940 to 1941.<ref name="tour">{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=6720 |title=Regina Cemetery Walking Tour: Tour 1: City Founding Fathers (Blue Tour) |author=Regina Ethnic Pioneers Cemetery Walking Tour Inc |year=2000 |page=23 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190520/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=6720 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He died when he was hit by the driver of a vehicle at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55695420/j-grassick-dead-struck-by-auto/ |title=J. Grassick Dead; Struck by Auto |newspaper=[[The StarPhoenix]] |location=Regina |agency=CP |date=1956-08-06 |access-date=2020-07-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> There are two parks and a street named in his honor in the city of Regina. There is also a lake in northern Saskatchewan named after him.<ref name="sask"/>

His daughter Marion married Justin Cyril Malone, parents of [[Edward Cyril Malone]].

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