James Edgar Jamieson

James Edgar Jamieson (July 20, 1873 June 17, 1958) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Simcoe West from 1923 to 1926 and Simcoe Southwest from 1929 to 1934 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member.

James Edgar Jamieson
Ontario MPP
In office
1929–1934
Preceded byJohn Henry Mitchell
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencySimcoe Southwest
In office
1923–1926
Preceded byWilliam Torrance Allen
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencySimcoe West
Personal details
Born(1873-07-20)July 20, 1873
Mulmur, Ontario
DiedJune 17, 1958(1958-06-17) (aged 84)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Sarah M. Crisp
(m. 1902)
OccupationFarmer

He was born in Mulmur Corners, Mulmur, Ontario. In 1902, he married Sarah M. Crisp, a local schoolteacher. He owned a farm at Singhampton, later moving south of Collingwood. Jamieson served as reeve for Nottawasaga Township. He served thirty years on the executive of the Ontario Good Roads Association and was president in 1935. He was part of a group which convinced the provincial government to raise the hull of HMS Nancy and erect a building over it on Nancy Island near Wasaga Beach.


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