James Herman Mayne (Aug 27, 1950 – July 16, 2015) was a
Canadian politician, who was leader of the
Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party from 1983 to 1989.
[Leo Heaps, ''Our Canada: The Story of the New Democratic Party Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow''. Lorimer, 1991. .]
Mayne, a former president of the
National Farmers Union,
led the party in the
1986
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and
1989
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provincial elections.
He also stood as the party's candidate in two
by-elections during his term, in
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 ...
on December 2, 1985, and
5th Prince
5th 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 législati ...
on September 14, 1987; in the 1985 by-election he became the first candidate in the party's history to earn enough of the popular vote to be reimbursed his
electoral deposit.
He died on July 16, 2015, at the age of 64.
References
2015 deaths
New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island leaders
1950 births
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