James Kennedy (May 14, 1869 – April 23, 1915) was a merchant and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

4th Prince 4th Prince was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législative ...

in the

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from 1908 to 1915 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of Samuel Kennedy and Christy MacKinnon, of Scottish descent. He worked for the

Prince Edward Island Railway The Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR) was a historic Canadian railway in Prince Edward Island (PEI). The railway ran tip-to-tip on the island, from Tignish in the west to Elmira in the east, with major spurs serving Borden-Carleton's train fer ...

for two years and then set up in business as a general merchant in Breadalbane, later moving to

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. In 1889, he married Mary Gillis. Kennedy died in office in Kensington at the age of 45. His brother Murdock also served in the provincial assembly.

References

MacKinnon, DA & Warburton, AB ''Past and Present of Prince Edward Island ...'' (1906)
pp. 623–4 1869 births 1915 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub