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About James William Jones
- James William Jones (September 21, 1869 – May 2, 1954) was a merchant, realtor and political figure in British Columbia, Canada.
- He represented South Okanagan from 1916 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative. He was born in Utica, Ontario, the son of James Jones and Tryphenin Searles, and was educated in Uxbridge and Port Perry.
- Jones moved to Grenfell, Saskatchewan in 1886.
- In 1893, he married Addie M.
- Bird.
- Jones and his family moved to Kelowna in 1907.
- He served as mayor of Kelowna from 1912 to 1917.
- Jones was speaker for the assembly from 1929 to 1930 and served in the provincial cabinet as finance minister from 1930 to 1933.
- He was defeated when he ran for reelection as an independent Conservative in 1933.In 1933, he moved to Victoria.
- Jones died in Saanich in 1954.
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