James Mitchell was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. Prior to entering politics

Politics

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, Mitchell was a schoolteacher and a prominent lawyer

Lawyer

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 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

St. Stephen, New Brunswick

St. Stephen is a Canadian town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, situated on the east bank of the St. Croix River at .-Climate:...

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In 1882 he was elected to the provincial legislature

Legislature

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 as a Liberal MLA

Legislative Assembly

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. Appointed to the Executive Council

Executive Council of New Brunswick

The Executive Council of New Brunswick is the cabinet of that Canadian province....

, he served as Surveyor-General

Department of Natural Resources (New Brunswick)

The Department of Natural Resources is a department in the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. It is responsible for management of the Province's forests including timber utilization, trail management, insect and disease protection including spruce budworm and gypsy moth, fire protection,...

, Commissioner of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture (New Brunswick)

The Department of Agriculture was a department in the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. It was responsible for management of the Province's Agriculture industries. The member of the Executive Council responsible for the departmenmt was initially called the Commissioner of Agriculture...

, Receiver-General and Provincial Secretary

Department of Finance (New Brunswick)

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James Mitchell became the eighth Premier

Premier of New Brunswick

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in 1896 but resigned in 1897 due to ill health and died shortly thereafter.