James Pascoe Explained

James Pascoe
Birth Date:29 November 1863
Birth Place:Cornwall, England
Death Place:Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Occupation:Farmer, politician
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Constituency1:Moose Jaw City
Term Start1:1921
Term End1:1925
Office2:Mayor of Moose Jaw
Term Start2:1913
Term End2:1915

James Pascoe (November 29, 1863 – September 7, 1931) was a British-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moose Jaw City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1925 as an independent Conservative.

Biography

He was born in Cornwall on November 29, 1863, the son of John Pascoe and Marjorie Wills, and came to Canada around 1870.[1] The family first settled in North Dorchester, Ontario; in 1892, his parents moved to a homestead near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where they spent the rest of their lives. Pascoe acquired his own homestead near Regina around 1883. After four years, he moved to Michigan and then back to Ontario; during this time, he was involved in the lumber business. Pascoe married Mary Olton in 1887. In 1891, he travelled west again, settling on his own homestead near Moose Jaw. He served as chairman of the Local Improvement District surrounding Moose Jaw and then, after he moved his residence to Moose Jaw, as a member of Moose Jaw City Council. Pascoe was mayor of Moose Jaw from 1913 to 1915.[2] He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1925 as a Conservative.[3] Pascoe served as mayor of Moose Jaw again from 1929 until his death in 1931.[4] He died at the age of 67 of a heart attack in a Moose Jaw suburb while attempting to shovel away sand that had been blown around his car by the wind.[5] [6]

His son James Ernest was also a Moose Jaw mayor and served in the Canadian House of Commons.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's Who in Canada, Volume 16 . Charles Whately . Parker . Barnet M. . Greene . International Press . 1304 . 1922 . 2020-07-19 . Google Books.
  2. Book: Hawkes, John . The story of Saskatchewan and its people . 2 . 1261–3 . 1924 . 2012-04-02.
  3. Web site: Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division . Saskatchewan Archives Board . 2012-03-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf . 2013-11-12 .
  4. Web site: Moose Jaw Mayors . City of Moose Jaw . 2012-04-02.
  5. Book: Larsen, John . Moose Jaw: people, places, history . 97 . Libby, Maurice Richard . 1550501631 . 2001 . Coteau Books . 2012-04-02.
  6. News: Mayor Pascoe Dies Suddenly in Moose Jaw . . Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan . 1 . 1931-09-08 . 2020-07-19 . Newspapers.com.
  7. Book: From Buffalo trails to blacktop : a history of the R.M. of Caron #162 . 309 . 1982 . Caron History Book Committee . 2012-04-02.