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James W. Douglas
1851–1883
Canada
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Biography
James William Douglas (June 1, 1851 – November 7, 1883) was a Canadian who represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 until his retirement at the 1878 provincial election. He was born in Victoria, Colony of Vancouver Island, the son of Sir James Douglas, the first governor of Vancouver Island, and Amelia Connolly. James had been born in British Guiyana to a Scottish planter father and a free woman of colour.
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