| James Harvey Hartney | |
| Birth Date: | 22 September 1848 |
| Birth Place: | Arnprior, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Avondale |
| Term Start: | 1892 |
| Term End: | 1895 |
James Harvey Hartney (September 22, 1848 - December 27, 1924) was a merchant, farmer and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Avondale from 1892 to 1895 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative.
He was born in Arnprior, Renfrew County, Canada West, the son of James Hartney, a native of Ireland, and Elizabeth Harvey, and was educated in Pakenham. Hartney began work in his father's business and then purchased the business with a partner, James M. Robertson, in 1870. Later, with another partner, he purchased a store in Arnprior, which he operated until he moved west to Manitoba in 1881. Hartney settled on a farm near the current town of Hartney, which was named in his honour. In 1890, he moved to Souris, where he bought a store previously owned by W.H. Hall & Company. Hartney served as reeve for the Rural Municipality of Glenwood in 1891. He moved the store to Hartney, where he served as postmaster.
He was married twice: first to Sarah Jane Cowan in 1870 and then to Annie Evans Cuthbert after the death of his first wife.[1]
Hartney was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Manitoba assembly in 1896.[2]
In 1900, he was named an immigration agent stationed in Toronto for the government of Manitoba.[3] Hartney died at a hospital in Toronto at the age of 76.[4]