John F. Fox, ran for the Liberals in the Nov. 10 by-election and won the seat. Newfoundland hockey pioneer James Fox was one of the pioneers of organized hockey in Newfoundland as a member of the first St. John's Hockey Club in the fall of 1895. He also participated in what is regarded as Newfoundland's earliest recorded hockey game in February 1896 on Quidi Vidi lake in the capital city of St. John's. In 1897 Fox was the first president of the St. John's Hockey Association that subsequently became the Newfoundland Hockey Association, the predecessor of the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association in 1935. Death James died at the age of 38 of a massive heart attack at his St. John's home on February 27, 1899. He was manager of the Prince of Wale's Rink and had just returned home after helping prepare the ice for a planned hockey match that evening. At the time of his death, he left to mourn his wife Isabel and four children under fifteen. References and notes See also List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador 1860 births 1899 deaths Canadian people of Irish descent Members of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland Colony people