James Kendry (March 29, 1845 – November 4, 1918) was a woolen manufacturer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Peterborough West in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904 as a Conservative.[1]
He was born in Oshawa, Canada West and was educated there. Kendry was manager of the Clyde Woolen Mills in Lanark.[2] In 1879, he became manager of the Auburn Woollen Mills in Peterborough and later became an owner.[3] Kendry was mayor of Peterborough from 1892 to 1896. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1904.[1] He died in Peterborough at the age of 73.[4]
- ^ a b James Kendry – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896 (1898)
- ^ Gemmill, JA The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.