Jim Barrie

{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = James Ross Barrie | caption = | birth_date = August 14, 1904 | birth_place = Morden, Manitoba, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|11||1904|8|14}} | death_place = | office1 = MLA for Pelly | term_start1 = 1956 | term_end1 = 1964 | predecessor1 = Arnold Feusi | successor1 = Leonard Larson | office2 = MLA for Pelly | term_start2 = 1967 | term_end2 = 1971 | predecessor2 = Leonard Larson | successor2 = Leonard Larson | party = Liberal | occupation = }}

'''James Ross Barrie''' (August 14, 1904<ref name="archives"/> – November 1976<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y746xOWGfcUC&pg=PA11 |title=Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present |pages=11–12 |last=Quiring |first=Brett |year=2004 |ISBN=0889771650 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center Press |accessdate=2012-03-27}}</ref>) was a merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Pelly from 1956 to 1964 and from 1967 to 1971 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.

He was born in Morden, Manitoba and was educated in Manitoba and British Columbia. Barrie was a general merchant in Pelly, Saskatchewan from 1922 to 1948.<ref name="archives"/> In 1940, he was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the Mackenzie seat in the Canadian House of Commons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=413&Search=Det |title=Mackenzie, Saskatchewan (1905 - 1996) |work=History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |publisher=Library of Parliament |accessdate=2012-03-27}}</ref> From 1950 to 1958, he was a general insurance agent.<ref name="archives"/> He was defeated by Leonard Larson when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1964 and then defeated Larson in the general election of 1967.<ref name="elections"/> He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources.<ref name="archives">{{cite web|url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1143412449030_206_191_57_196&l=0&lvl=2&v=0&coll=1&itm=233036&rt=1&bill=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418233015/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1143412449030_206_191_57_196&l=0&lvl=2&v=0&coll=1&itm=233036&rt=1&bill=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-18 |title=James Barrie fonds |publisher=Archives Canada |accessdate=2012-07-03 }}</ref> Barrie was defeated by Larson when he ran for reelection in 1971.<ref name="elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }}</ref>

Barrie played an important role in the preservation of Fort Pelly, now a national historic site, by helping to found the Fort Pelly Historical Society and by focusing attention of the site.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n_dUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1215,2693500 |title=Trading post site not all excavated |date=December 12, 1973 |page=37 |newspaper=Leader-Post |location=Regina |accessdate=2012-03-27}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrie, James R}} Category:Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs Category:1904 births Category:1976 deaths Category:People from Morden, Manitoba Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan