James Greene (Canadian politician)
James Joseph Louis (Jim) Greene (June 15, 1928 – November 4, 2014) was the
The son of Joseph Michael Greene and Marie Eugenie Williams,[1] he was born in St. John's and was educated at Saint Bonaventure's College, at the University of Notre Dame and at Merton College, Oxford.[3] Greene was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1953 and practised law in London for several months, returning to Newfoundland in September of that year. He was called to the Newfoundland bar in October 1953.[2] He was a 31-year-old lawyer when he was first elected to the legislature in the riding of what was then called St. John's East during the 1959 provincial election by defeating incumbent James D. Higgins, leader of the United Newfoundland Party which had broken away from the Tories prior to the election. Prior to being elected, Greene was counsel to the International Woodworkers of America's Newfoundland local.[4] The election also saw the defeat of Conservative leader Malcolm Mercer Hollett after Smallwood personally unseated him run in his St. John's West riding.[4]
Subsequent to the election, Greene replaced Hollett as party leader and leader of the opposition.
In the 1962 provincial election, Greene succeeded in being personally re-elected and in increasing his party's number of seats to 7 based and increasing his party's share of the vote from 25% to 36% and in wiping out the breakaway United Newfoundland Party whose sole remaining MHA was defeated by a Tory candidate. However, the Tory gains were not enough to stop the Liberals from being re-elected with a commanding majority.[5]
Greene stepped down as party leader on January 14, 1966 and
He served as chair of the board of regents for
On November 4, 2014, he died in St. John's at the age of 86.
References
- ^ a b c "James Joseph Louis Greene, Q.C." Obituaries. Caul's Funeral Home.
- ^ a b c "Greene, James J. L.". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 723–24.
- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 402.
- ^ a b "Smallwood and Government Returned in Newfoundland". The Montreal Gazette. August 21, 1959. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ "Liberals Win Provincial Election in Newfoundland". Windsor Star. November 20, 1962. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ St. John's Evening Telegram, January 15, 1966
- ^ "Fulton's Fighting, Starr's Sore". Montreal Gazette. July 21, 1967. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ "Obituaries". University of Oxford Gazette. 145 (5079): 168. 27 November 2014.
External links
- "Remarks by Chief Justice J. Derek Green on the passing of James J. Greene, Q.C." (PDF). November 28, 2014.
