James Hargrave Schofield Explained

James Hargrave Schofield
Birth Name:James Hargrave Alcock Schofield
Birth Date:19 February 1866
Birth Place:Brockville, Canada West
Death Place:Trail, British Columbia
Occupation:Businessman, politician
Party:Conservative
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Constituency1:Trail and Rossland-Trail
Term Start1:1916
Term End1:1933
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Constituency2:Ymir
Term Start2:1907
Term End2:1916
Office3:Mayor of Trail, British Columbia
Term Start3:1902
Term End3:1907

James Hargrave Alcock Schofield (February 19, 1866  - December 9, 1938[1]) was a lumberman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Ymir from 1907 to 1916, Trail from 1916 to 1924 and Rossland-Trail from 1924 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative. He did not seek an eighth term in the Legislature in the 1933 provincial election.

He was born in Brockville, Canada West, the son of Frederick Schofield and Letitia L. Hargrave, and the grandson of Letitia MacTavish Hargrave.[2] He was educated in Port Hope. Schofield was mayor of Trail from 1902 to 1907.[3]

He died at his home in Trail on December 9, 1938.[4]

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  1. Web site: Cemetery Map . https://archive.today/20120912223618/http://www.trail.ca/mapping/cemetery.php?action=showmap&plotid=1585 . dead . 2012-09-12 . City of Trail . 2011-09-12 .
  2. Web site: MS-1144 SCHOFIELD FAMILY. Originals, 1829-1950 . Deposited by John L. Schofield . British Columbia Archives Non-Government Records Catalogue . 1959 . 2015-07-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182824/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/finding/government/.ms_cat/MS-1144.txt?MS-1144 . 2015-09-23 .
  3. Book: Chambers, Ernest J. Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1908 . 1908 .
  4. News: Former Trail M.L.A. J.H. Schofield, Dies . . The Canadian Press . Trail, British Columbia . 1 . 1938-12-09 . 2020-03-16 . Newspapers.com.