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James Horace King was born on January 18, 1873, in Chipman (Queens Co., New Brunswick) to George Gerald and Esther King (nee Briggs). He attended McGill University and earned a medical degree in 1895. He practiced in New Brunswick until 1898, when he moved to the Kootenays (British Columbia). In 1907, he married Nellie Mae Sadler (1876-1949). And, in 1951, King married Flora May Johnson (1881-1967).
In 1903, James Horace King was elected as a member of the Liberal party in British Columbia and served in the Legislative Assembly for Cranbrook riding. In 1916 he won a provincial seat, becoming a representative of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. In 1922, King joined the federal government with Prime Minister Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King as the Minister of Public Works (1922-1926), later becoming acting Minister of Labour (1925-1926), Minister of Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment (1926-1928), Minister of Health (1926-1928), and Minister of Pensions and National Health (1928-1930). In 1942, King became Minister without Portfolio (1942-1945) and Senator until his death on July 14, 1955.
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Scrapbook with newspaper clippings and the title “Diamond Jubilee of Confederation, 1927” possibly created by Hon. James Horace King, M. D. (Minister of Health at the time). Newspaper clippings about the Diamond Jubilee of the Confederation in 1927 in different media across Canada. Newspapers are:
- Vancouver Star
- Victoria Daily Times
- Nelson News
- Western Tribune, Vancouver
- Ottawa Citizen
- Nelson Daily News
- Ottawa Journal
- Montreal Daily Star
- New York Times
- Montreal Standard
- London Free Press
- Fredericton Daily Gleaner
- Canadian National Railways Magazine
- Victoria Colonist
- Victoria Times
- Vancouver Sun
- Cranbrook Courier
- Calgary Herald
- Saskatoon Daily Star
- Manitoba Free Press
- Montreal Gazette
- Daily Colonist
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Pages are very fragile.
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Donated by Lorne Shields in 2021.
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Described by CGD in 2021.
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- Diamond Jubilee of the Confederation in the CBC News Archives.