{{Short description|Scottish-born businessman and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada}} '''James McAra''' (October 17, 1876<ref name="hawkes"/> – September 7, 1947) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born businessman and political figure in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. He served as mayor of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] from 1927 to 1930 and from 1932 to 1933.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8539 |title=Regina, the street where you live : the origins of Regina street names |last=Simmons |first=Dale |page=67 |year=2000 |accessdate=2009-08-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064158/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8539 |archivedate=2011-06-15 }}</ref>
He was born in [[Edinburgh]], the son of Peter McAra,<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=165218 |title=The story of Saskatchewan and its people. Volume 3 |chapter=Peter McAra, Jr. |last=Hawkes |first=John |year=1924 |pages=1807–8 |accessdate=2009-08-19 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and came to Regina in 1883 with his parents. He first found work delivering newspapers and later worked in the offices of the government of the [[Northwest Territories]]. McAra then entered the real estate and insurance business established by his brother, [[Peter McAra, Jr.]] In 1900, he married M.G. Beattie. He served as a colonel during [[World War I]], leading a company that served overseas. After the war, he commanded the Military Hospital Commission of Saskatchewan and was responsible for the demobilization of all troops from Saskatchewan. McAra was chosen as president of the provincial Great War Veterans Association.<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=2046–48 |accessdate=2009-08-18 |archive-date=2020-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320162700/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=720 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He died in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansacem/regina_MN.html|title=Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project - Regina Cemetery & Regina Hebrew Cemetery - Regina, Saskatchewan}}</ref>
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{{Mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan}}
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