elected to a two-year term. Towards the end of this term, he again made a foray into federal politics, running in the 1925 election as a Conservative in Edmonton West. He was defeated by former Liberal premier Charles Stewart. After this federal rebuff, Douglas sought and won re-election as an alderman in Edmonton's 1925 election, the most popular of eleven candidates in the multi-seat aldermanic election. He resigned less than a year into his term to run for mayor in the 1926 election, in which he was the fifth most-popular of six candidates. In the 1929, he ran again for mayor and this time was elected. He was acclaimed in 1930 to a second term as mayor. During his time as mayor local KKK organizer J.J. Maloney asked mayor Douglas for permission to use the large city auditorium for his group's events. Douglas refused the necessary approval. In the next election, Maloney backed Douglas's only opponent Daniel Kennedy Knott and Douglas was unseated. Douglas took a five-year hiatus from politics to serve as a stipendary magistrate in the Northwest Territories. During this time, he was also appointed by the Alberta government to the Royal Commission on the Condition of the Halfbreed Population of the Province of Alberta (Ewing Commission) along with members Albert Ewing and Dr. Edward A. Brathwaite to look at issues affecting the Métis population including land claims, hunting rights and treaty status. The commission would deliver its findings later in 1936. Douglas returned to Edmonton to run for mayor in the 1936 election, in which he finished a close second to Joseph Clarke in a five-person race. He left politics once again after this defeat, but returned to the position of alderman in the 1941 election, finishing second of fourteen candidates. He was re-elected in 1943 (finishing first of twelve candidates), 1945 (first of eleven), and 1947 (third of thirteen) before retiring for good in 1949. Personal life, death, and legacy James Douglas was a director of the Edmonton Exhibition Association, a member of the Kiwanis Club, a member of the Zoning Appeals Board, and a Presbyterian. He died of a seizure 16 March 1950. He endowed two academic scholarships at the University of Alberta, one in his own name for science students and one in his wife's name for arts students. References External links Edmonton Public Library Biography of James McCrie Douglas City of Edmonton biography