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James Cox Aikins

August 8, 1904

politician (1823–1904)

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James Cox Aikins, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a senator from 1867 to 1882, during which time he held several ministerial posts in John Macdonald's federal government. From 1882 to 1888 he served as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Manitoba, and from 1896 until his death he was a member of the Senate again. His son James Albert Manning Aikins later also served as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

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