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James Fraser Ellis (June 11, 1869 – April 3, 1937) was a physician and political figure in
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, Canada. He represented Guysborough County in the
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from 1904 to 1920 as a
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member. He was born in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, the son of William Ellis and Margaret Fraser. He was educated at the
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and Western University. Ellis set up practice at
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. In 1901, he married Alice L. Stewart. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1904 by-election held after
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was elected to the House of Commons. Ellis married Ethel Anderson in 1907, after the death of his first wife. He was named speaker for the provincial assembly in February, 1912, serving until 1916. Ellis served in the army medical corps during
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. He was named to the Federal Pensions Board in 1920 and moved to
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. He died there are the age of 66.


References

* Allison, D & Tuck, C
''History of Nova Scotia, Vol. 3''
(1916) p. 696 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, James F 1869 births 1937 deaths Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Speakers of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly