18 Facts About James East

James East was a politician and labour activist in Alberta, Canada.

James East was for a time and the longest-serving alderman in Edmonton's history, and was a defeated candidate at the provincial and federal levels.

James East took up prospecting and travelled the English-speaking world at it, going from South Dakota to New Mexico and Colorado, and then spending time in New Zealand and Australia.

James East returned to Canada in 1906, moving to Edmonton in 1907.

James East continued prospecting, moving to the Yukon for a time in 1911 before returning to Edmonton, more or less for good.

James East first sought political office in the February 1912 municipal election, when he ran for alderman on the Edmonton City Council, finishing fifth of eighteen candidates.

James East attempted to return to office in the 1914 election, but came in tenth out of fourteen candidates and was not elected.

In 1916, James East enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, where he spent the rest of the First World War on the hospital ships Araguaya and Letitia before leaving the military in 1919.

James East served on city council for the next ten years.

The 1921 election when James East ran for re-election was less kind to Labour than the 1919 election had been.

James East, finishing second, was the only one of its candidates elected to city council.

James East was re-elected in the next three elections as well.

James East finished first in 1923, second in 1925, and third in 1927.

James East was defeated handily, finishing second in a four-person race.

James East tried to return to aldermanic office in 1930 but finished sixth out of twelve candidates, missing the five available seats.

James East sat out the 1931 election, but made a successful run for alderman in 1932, when he finished fourth.

James East received only three votes more than James Ponton, the CGA's lowest-ranking candidate.

James East finished first among the UPL candidates, but fell far short of re-election, finishing eleventh in an election swept by the CGA-successor Citizens' Committee.