Preceded by David Burke | Name Jim Mayne Role Politician | |
Died July 16, 2015, Charlottetown, Canada Political party New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island | ||
Succeeded by Dody Crane (interim) | ||
James Herman Mayne (1950 or 1951 – July 16, 2015) was a Canadian politician, who was leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party from 1983 to 1989.
Mayne, a former president of the National Farmers Union, led the party in the 1986 and 1989 provincial elections. He also stood as the party's candidate in two by-elections during his term, in 4th Prince on December 2, 1985 and 5th Prince on September 14, 1987; in the 1985 by-election he became the first candidate in the party's history to earn enough of the popular vote to be reimbursed his electoral deposit.
He died on July 16, 2015 at the age of 64.
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