James Allen Byrne (27 January 1911 – 5 September 1975) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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, United States and became a miner by career. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1949 general election, then re-elected there in the

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

and 1965 elections. Byrne was not in Parliament for one term during this time due to his defeat in the 1958 election by

Murray McFarlane Murray Lincoln McFarlane (2 September 1908 – 10 October 1989) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, he was a timekeeper by career. After an unsuccessful bid to wi ...

of the Progressive Conservative party. Byrne was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport from 1966 to 1968, and also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour from 1963 to 1965.

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* 1911 births 1975 deaths People from Grand Rapids, Minnesota American emigrants to Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Liberal Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{BritishColumbia-MP-stub