James Drummond McGregor

The Hon. James Drummond McGregor


10th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office October 18, 1910 – October 19, 1915
Monarch	George V
Governor General	The Earl Grey The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Premier	George Henry Murray
Preceded by	Duncan Cameron Fraser
Succeeded by	David MacKeen
Senator for New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
In office April 24, 1903 – October 18, 1910
Appointed by	Wilfrid Laurier
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Pictou County
In office May 21, 1890 – March 15, 1894 Serving with William Cameron, Alexander Grant
Preceded by	Adam C. Bell William Cameron Jeffrey McColl Charles H. Munro
Succeeded by	William Cameron Alexander Grant Charles E. Tanner
In office April 20, 1897 – October 9, 1900 Serving with M.H. Fitzpatrick, E.M. MacDonald
Preceded by	William Cameron Alexander Grant Charles E. Tanner
Succeeded by	E.M. MacDonald George Patterson Charles E. Tanner

Personal details
Born	(1838-09-01)1 September 1838 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Died	4 March 1918(1918-03-04) (aged 79) New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth A. McColl (m. 1867) Roberta Ridley (m. 1894)
Children	3
Residence	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Occupation	businessman
Profession	politician

James Drummond McGregor (1 September 1838 – 4 March 1918) was a Canadian businessman, politician, and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the son of Roderick MacGregor and Janet Chisholm, both of Scottish descent, he was mayor of New Glasgow from 1879 to 1880. In 1867, MacGregor married Elizabeth McColl. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1890 to 1894 and from 1897 to 1900. MacGregor married Roberta Ridley in 1894. In 1900, he ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Pictou. MacGregor was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1903 representing the senatorial division of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. A Liberal, he resigned in 1910 when he was appointed lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. He served until 1915. MacGregor died in New Glasgow at the age of 79.

His son Robert also represented Pictou County in the provincial assembly.

External links

"James Drummond McGregor". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.

James Drummond McGregor – Parliament of Canada biography

Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant LeBlanc
Lieutenant-Governors before Confederation (1786–1867)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey Bazalgette Le Marchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Williams
Lieutenant-Governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie
Governors before Confederation (1710–86)	Vetch Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr
Lieutenant-Governors who served in the absence of Governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.

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