James Moffat Forgie (31 October 1889 – 3 May 1969) was a
Liberal party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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Forgie was born in
Pembroke, Ontario
Pembroke is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River (Ontario), Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Pembroke is the location of the administrative headquarters of Renfrew County, thoug ...
and became a barrister and lawyer. He attended schools at St. Andrews College then
Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to:
*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
**Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950)
**Queen's University of Belfast ...
where he received his
Bachelor of Arts in 1911, then attended
Osgoode Hall Law School. He also served in
World War I as a captain with the
48th Highlanders, then in
World War II as a major with the
Canadian Armoured Corps.
He made an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat in the
Ontario Legislature
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in 1948.
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1889 births
1969 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Lawyers in Ontario
People from Pembroke, Ontario
Canadian Expeditionary Force officers
Canadian military personnel of World War II