Jim Barrie

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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| name = James Ross Barrie

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| birth_date = August 14, 1904

| birth_place = Morden, Manitoba, Canada

| residence = Pelly, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|11||1904|8|14}}

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| office1 = MLA for Pelly

| term_start1 = 1956

| term_end1 = 1964

| predecessor1 = Arnold Feusi

| successor1 = Leonard Larson

| office2 = MLA for Pelly

| term_start2 = 1967

| term_end2 = 1971

| predecessor2 = Leonard Larson

| successor2 = Leonard Larson

| party = Liberal

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James Ross Barrie (August 14, 1904 – November 1976{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y746xOWGfcUC&pg=PA11 |title=Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present |pages=11–12 |last=Quiring |first=Brett |year=2004 |ISBN=0889771650 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center Press |accessdate=2012-03-27}}) was a merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Pelly from 1956 to 1964 and from 1967 to 1971 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.

He was born in Morden, Manitoba and was educated in Manitoba and British Columbia. Barrie was a general merchant in Pelly, Saskatchewan from 1922 to 1948. In 1940, he was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the Mackenzie seat in the Canadian House of Commons.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=413&Search=Det |title=Mackenzie, Saskatchewan (1905 - 1996) |work=History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |publisher=Library of Parliament |accessdate=2012-03-27}} From 1950 to 1958, he was a general insurance agent. He was defeated by Leonard Larson when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1964 and then defeated Larson in the general election of 1967. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources.{{cite web|url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1143412449030_206_191_57_196&l=0&lvl=2&v=0&coll=1&itm=233036&rt=1&bill=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418233015/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1143412449030_206_191_57_196&l=0&lvl=2&v=0&coll=1&itm=233036&rt=1&bill=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-18 |title=James Barrie fonds |publisher=Archives Canada |accessdate=2012-07-03 }} Barrie was defeated by Larson when he ran for reelection in 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }}

Barrie played an important role in the preservation of Fort Pelly, now a national historic site, by helping to found the Fort Pelly Historical Society and by focusing attention of the site.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n_dUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1215,2693500 |title=Trading post site not all excavated |date=December 12, 1973 |page=37 |newspaper=Leader-Post |location=Regina |accessdate=2012-03-27}}