James Roy Tucker

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name=James Roy Tucker

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| caption=Official 1966 portrait

| birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1909|12|25}}

| birth_place=Burnt Point, Newfoundland

| death_date={{Death date and age|df=y|1987|9|22|1909|12|25}}http://roughian.tripod.com/index-14.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

| death_place=St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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| riding=Trinity—Conception

| term_start=March 1958

| term_end=April 1968

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| profession=manager, merchant

| party=Liberal

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James Roy Tucker (25 December 1909 – 22 September 1987) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Burnt Point, Newfoundland, he was a manager and merchant by career.

He was first elected at the Trinity—Conception riding in the 1958 general election then was re-elected there in 1962, 1963 and 1965. With riding boundary changes, Tucker was a candidate at the Bonavista—Trinity—Conception riding in the 1968 federal election but was defeated by Frank Moores of the Progressive Conservative party.

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