James Cranswick Tory (October 24, 1862 – June 26, 1944) was a Nova Scotia businessman and politician. He was born in 1862 to Robert Kirk Tory and Anorah Ferguson in Guysborough County and lived in the village of Guysborough. He attended McGill University in Montreal and worked at Sun Life Assurance Company. In 1894, he married Caroline Whitman. Tory served as a Liberal MLA for Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1925. He was a minister without portfolio in the province's Executive Council from 1921 to 1925. Tory was appointed the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and served from 1925 to 1930. He died in Halifax.
James Cranswick Tory | |
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| 14th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia | |
| In office September 14, 1925 – November 19, 1930 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governors General | The Viscount Byng of Vimy The Viscount Willingdon |
| Premier | Edgar Nelson Rhodes Gordon Sidney Harrington |
| Preceded by | James Robson Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Frank Stanfield |
| MLA for Guysborough County | |
| In office June 14, 1911 – June 25, 1925 Serving with James F. Ellis, Clarence W. Anderson | |
| Preceded by | James F. Ellis William Whitman |
| Succeeded by | Simon Osborn Giffin Howard Amos Rice |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 24, 1862 Port Shoreham, Nova Scotia |
| Died | June 26, 1944 (aged 81) Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Caroline Whitman (m. 1894) |
| Relations | Robert Kirk Tory (father) |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Profession | Politician |
Tory's younger brothers were Henry Marshall Tory, founding president of the University of Alberta and the National Research Council of Canada, and John A. Tory Sr. (1869–1950).
A portrait of him hangs in the Tupper Building, Dalhouise University, Nova Scotia.
External links
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- Marble, AE Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches ... (1977) p. 385 ISBN 0-88999-074-3
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