James Delamere Lafferty
James Delamere Lafferty | |
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| 5th Mayor of Calgary | |
| In office January 20, 1890 – January 19, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Webster Marsh |
| Succeeded by | James Reilly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 28, 1849 Perth, Canada West |
| Died | July 29, 1920 (aged 71) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Spouse | Jessie Patricia Gray Lafferty (1850–1918) |
| Children | Francis Delamere Lafferty (1876–1919) Guy Alexander Lafferty (1879–1934) Geoffrey Grant Lafferty (1882–1953)Heber Pembroke Lafferty<military records> |
| Parent(s) | James Lafferty (1824–1881) and Elizabeth Brown Lafferty (1829–1901) |
James Delamere Lafferty (April 28, 1849 – July 29, 1920) was a Canadian physician and politician. Lafferty served as Registrar for the Northwest Territories Medical Ordinance regulator to professionalize the practice of medicine. He was actively involved in establishing the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and the Canadian Medical Association's Alberta Division, which was later known as the Alberta Medical Association. He served one term as the fifth mayor of Calgary from January 1890 to January 1891.