James Bourque
Politician, Deceased Person
1935 – 1996
Who was James Bourque?
James W. Bourque, PC was a First Nations activist.
Born in Wandering River, Alberta, Bourque was of Cree and Métis background. At the age of 18 he was elected president of the hunters and trappers association in Fort Chipewyan before working as a park warden in Wood Buffalo National Park from 1955 to 1963.
He served as president of the Métis Association of the Northwest Territories from 1980 to 1982, was deputy minister of renewable resources for the government of the Northwest Territories from 1982 to 1991 and chairman of the Northwest Territories' Commission for Constitutional Development.
In 1984 he founded the Fur Institute of Canada, serving as its chairman for four years. He was named co-director of policy for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People in 1994. On July 1, 1992 he was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
James was survived by his wife Sharleen and his three children Arthur, Valerie and Edwin.
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- Born
- 1935
Wandering River - Profession
- Lived in
- Northwest Territories
- Died
- 1996
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on July 23, 2013
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