James Galbraith

James Gordon "Jim" Galbraith (born February 23, 1940

The son of Robert Brown Galbraith and Kathleen Ruth Barrett, he was raised in Dauphin, and educated at the University of Manitoba. He worked as a customs operator and farmer before entering politics, and was for fifteen years a board member of the United Grain Growers. He also an active member of the local Anglican Church, masonic and Progressive Conservative organizations. In 1969, he married Dolores Ruth Perchaluk.

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1977, This result was widely regarded as an upset. Galbraith was not appointed to the cabinet of Sterling Lyon. In the 1981 election, he lost to New Democrat John Plohman by 636 votes and left political life.