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'''James Rourke''' (June 27, 1838 &ndash; March 3, 1914<ref>[http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C4.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=EB9EB74D-5599-42BF-843E-179826BE425A Provincial Archives of New Brunswick]</ref>) was a lumber manufacturer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1890 to 1892 as a Liberal-Conservative. He was born in Musquash, New Brunswick. In 1871, he married Charlotte Wishart. Rourke was a captain of the Saint Martin’s Rifle Company and served on the council for Saint John. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1888.

==References== {{reflist}} *[http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32961/3?r=0&s=1 The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 / edited by J.A. Gemmill.]

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