James Galbraith (Canadian politician)

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James Gordon "Jim" Galbraith (born February 23, 1940 in Dauphin, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981 for the riding of Dauphin.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_living.html#g |title=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba entry |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330171632/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_living.html |archivedate=2014-03-30 }}

The son of Robert Brown Galbraith and Kathleen Ruth Barrett, he was raised in Dauphin, and educated at the University of Manitoba. He worked as a customs operator and farmer before entering politics, and was for fifteen years a board member of the United Grain Growers. He also an active member of the local Anglican Church, masonic and Progressive Conservative organizations. In 1969, he married Dolores Ruth Perchaluk.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=1980 |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G}}

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1977, defeating New Democrat incumbent Peter Burtniak by 260 votes in the riding of Dauphin.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/dauphin-1.1075966 |title=Dauphin |work=Manitoba |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=2014-03-08}} This result was widely regarded as an upset.{{cite news |url=http://www.producer.com/2007/05/man-cabinet-minister-tries-for-fourth-term/ |title=Man. cabinet minister tries for fourth term |newspaper=Western Producer |date=May 17, 2007 |accessdate=2014-03-08}} Galbraith was not appointed to the cabinet of Sterling Lyon. In the 1981 election, he lost to New Democrat John Plohman by 636 votes and left political life.