James A. Langille

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| name = James A. Langille

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|2|18}}

| birth_place = Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|4|10|1909|2|18}}

| death_place = St. Petersburg, Florida

| office = MLA for Cumberland East

| term_start = 1953

| term_end = 1970

| predecessor = Martin J. Kaufman

| successor = Roger Bacon

| party = Progressive Conservative

| religion =

| occupation = physician

}}

James Arnold Langille (February 18, 1909 – April 10, 1979) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland%20north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland East|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-05-07}}

Born in 1909 at Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Langille was a graduate of Dalhousie University.{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/112|accessdate=2018-05-07|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/112 112]}} He was a physician, and an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Langille married Marjorie Blair in 1934.

Langille entered provincial politics in the 1953 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Martin J. Kaufman by 179 votes in Cumberland East.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201953.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1953|page=21|accessdate=2015-04-25}}{{cite news|title=Minister, Speaker defeated|work=The Globe and Mail|date=May 27, 1953}} He was re-elected in the 1956,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1956|page=22|accessdate=2015-04-25}} 1960,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1960|page=26|accessdate=2015-04-25}} 1963,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1963|page=25|accessdate=2015-04-25}} and 1967 elections.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1967|page=26|accessdate=2015-04-25}} He did not reoffer in the 1970 election. Langille died in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 10, 1979.