James Allum

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| office = Manitoba Minister of Justice and Attorney General

| term_start = November 3, 2014

| term_end = April 29, 2015

| premier = Greg Selinger

| predecessor = Andrew Swan

| successor = Gord Mackintosh

| office2 = Manitoba Minister of Education and Advanced Learning

| term_start2 = October 18, 2013

| term_end2 = November 3, 2014

| premier2 = Greg Selinger

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| office3 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Fort Garry-Riverview

| term_start3 = October 4, 2011

| term_end3 = August 12, 2019

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| party = New Democratic Party

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| residence = Winnipeg, Manitoba

| alma_mater = Trent University
Queen's University

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James Allum {{post-nominals|country=CAN}} is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.{{cite news |title=NDP keeps urban strongholds |first=Bartley |last=Kives |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/ndp-keeps-urban-strongholds-131123738.html |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=October 5, 2011 |page=B3 |accessdate=May 13, 2013}} He represented the electoral district of Fort Garry-Riverview as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba caucus.{{cite web |title=MLA Biographies - Living |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#a |archiveurl= |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |archivedate= |accessdate=May 13, 2013}}

On November 3, 2014, Allum was appointed as Minister of Justice after then-minister Andrew Swan, along with four other ministers, resigned from cabinet over concerns about Premier Greg Selinger's leadership.{{cite news |title= Premier Greg Selinger replaces 5 cabinet ministers in government revolt| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/premier-greg-selinger-replaces-5-cabinet-ministers-in-government-revolt-1.2822132|newspaper=CBC News| accessdate=November 4, 2014}}

Allum announced in late 2018 that he would not run in the next provincial election (which was expected in 2020 but was held in 2019 instead), wherein Fort Garry-Riverview was due to be abolished by electoral redistribution.{{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/manitoba-ndps-james-allum-to-finish-term-wont-seek-re-election/wcm/dcd81e3a-b046-47e0-9255-0a59f9b9071b|title=Manitoba NDP's James Allum to finish term, won't seek re-election|work=The Canadian Press via The Province|accessdate=August 23, 2020|date=December 14, 2018}} Allum is the only MLA for Fort Garry-Riverview.