James Galbraith (Canadian politician)
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James Gordon "Jim" Galbraith (born February 23, 1940<ref name="members"/> in Dauphin, Manitoba<ref name="pgn"/>) is a politician in Manitoba. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981 for the riding of Dauphin.<ref name="members">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The son of Robert Brown Galbraith and Kathleen Ruth Barrett, he was raised in Dauphin, and educated at the University of Manitoba. He worked as a customs operator and farmer before entering politics, and was for fifteen years a board member of the United Grain Growers. He also an active member of the local Anglican Church, masonic and Progressive Conservative organizations. In 1969, he married Dolores Ruth Perchaluk.<ref name="pgn">Template:Cite book</ref>
He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1977,<ref name="members"/> defeating New Democrat incumbent Peter Burtniak by 260 votes in the riding of Dauphin.<ref name="cbc">Template:Cite news</ref> This result was widely regarded as an upset.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Galbraith was not appointed to the cabinet of Sterling Lyon. In the 1981 election, he lost to New Democrat John Plohman<ref name="members"/> by 636 votes<ref name="cbc"/> and left political life.