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Barrie, James Ross, 1904-1976
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James Barrie was born on August 14, 1904 in Morden, Manitoba. He was educated in Manitoba and in British Columbia. Early in his life he moved to Pelly, Saskatchewan were he was a general merchant from 1922 to 1948. He worked as a general insurance agent from 1950 to 1958. He was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature as a Liberal MLA for the Pelly constituency in the general election of 1956, re-elected in 1960, defeated in 1964 and re-elected in 1967. He was appointed Minister of Natural Resources on December 21, 1967. Barrie was a member and past Master of the Kamsack Masonic Lodge AF & AM. He died in 1976.