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James Buckham Kennedy

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James Buckham Kennedy
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for New Westminster
In office
1904–1908
Preceded byAulay MacAulay Morrison
Succeeded byJames Davis Taylor
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for New Westminster City
In office
1894–1898
Preceded byJohn Cunningham Brown
Succeeded byAlexander Henderson
Personal details
Born(1844-02-23)February 23, 1844
Bytown, Canada West
DiedSeptember 25, 1930(1930-09-25) (aged 86)
Political partyLiberal

James Buckham Kennedy (February 23, 1844 – September 25, 1930) was a Canadian lumberman and Liberal politician. Kennedy was the MLA for New Westminster from 1894 to 1898 and Member of Parliament for New Westminster for one term from 1904 to 1908. He also sat on New Westminster's city council.

Kennedy was married first in New Westminster B.C. on November 30, 1880, to Josephine Eugenia DeBeck who was born in 1859 in New Brunswick, and died in Los Gatos, California in 1883. She was the daughter of George and Eliza Ann DeBeck. They had one son Clarence George Kennedy born May 6, 1882, in New Westminster B.C., who died March 27, 1908, in Vernon, BC. All, except Josephine, are buried in the Fraser Cemetery New Westminster B.C.

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