James Mahaffy

James Caven Mahaffy
MLA for Calgary
In office 1940–1944
Preceded by	Edith Gostick Ernest Manning John Irwin John Hugill
Succeeded by	Rose Wilkinson Howard MacDonald Aylmer Liesemer
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Political party	Independent

James Caven Mahaffy was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1944. Mahaffy held a seat in the electoral district of Calgary as an Independent. Mahaffy briefly served as Leader of the Opposition.

Political career

Mahaffy ran for a seat in the 1940 Alberta general election. He was elected to the third seat in the Calgary electoral district as an Independent under the Alberta Unity Movement.^[1]

He briefly served as Leader of the Opposition during the 3rd Session of the 9th Alberta Legislative Assembly.

Mahaffy did not run for a second term in 1944.

References

^ "Calgary results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1940&Constit=Calgary. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing

Alberta Leaders of the Opposition

Robertson Bennett Michener Hoadley Ramsey Boyle C. Mitchell Bowen Walker Speakman Mahaffy Walker Page Prowse MacEwan Maccagno Lougheed Strom Henderson Clark Speaker Notley Martin Decore G. Mitchell Sapers MacBeth Nicol Taft Swann Sherman

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Name	Mahaffy, James
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