James Alexander Marshall

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James Alexander Marshall (born: September 16, 1888, Lurgan, Ireland - died: ) was a secretary, teacher and a Canadian federal politician.

Marshall first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 Canadian federal election. He ran as a candidate from the Social Credit Party in the Camrose electoral district. He would go on to defeat incumbent Member of Parliament William Thomas Lucas in a landslide victory to earn his 1st term in office.

Marshall would run for re-election to his second term in the 1940 Canadian federal election, his plurality of votes would be reduced but he still won a comfortable majority. Marshall would win election to his final term in office in the 1945 Canadian federal election, he would retire from politics in 1949.