James Weir | |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1863 |
Birth Place: | Elginfield, Canada West |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Constituency: | Nanton |
Predecessor: | John M. Glendenning |
Successor: | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith |
Party: | Non-Partisan League |
James Weir (August 5, 1863 – April 8, 1949) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Elginfield, Canada West.[1]
Weir was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1917 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent MLA John Glendenning in a hotly contested three-way race that separated first from third place by 31 votes. Weir was elected as an Independent and affiliated with the Non-Partisan League.
Weir only served a single term in the assembly did not run again after dissolution in 1921.[2]