James Pitt Mabee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian judge (1859-1912)
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Place of Birth: Port Rowan, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About James Pitt Mabee
- James Pitt Mabee (November 5, 1859 – May 6, 1912) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and railway commissioner.Born in Port Rowan, Upper Canada, Mabee studied at University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall before being called to the Bar in 1882.
- A lawyer, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate against Alexander Ferguson MacLaren in the riding of Perth North in the Federal election of 1904.
- In 1905, he was appointed the first chairman of the Canadian section of the International Waterways Commission.
- Later in 1905, he resigned when he was appointed the chancery division of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
- In 1908.
- he was appointed head of the Board of Railway Commissioners succeeding Albert Clements Killam.
- He served until getting appendicitis in April 1912.
- He died of the complications from gangrene in May 1912 and was buried in the Anglican cemetery at Port Rowan.
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