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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1875–1962)}}
{{Infobox Politician (general)
| name= James Thomas Joseph Collisson
| image=James Thomas Joseph Collisson.JPG
| imagesize=300
| title= Alderman on the [[Edmonton City Council]]
| term_start= December 13, 1920
| term_end= December 13, 1926
| term_start1= December 10, 1928
| term_end1= November 9, 1932
| birth_date= {{birth date|1875|8|21}}
| birth_place= [[Lucan, Ontario|Lucan]], [[Ontario]]
| death_date= {{death date and age|1962|7|30|1875|8|21}}
| party= Citizens' Progressive League, Citizens' League, Citizens Committee, Civic Governance Association
| otherparty= [[Alberta Liberal Party]]
| spouse= Irene
| profession= Lawyer
}}

'''James Thomas Joseph Collisson''' (August 21, 1875 – July 30, 1962)<ref>[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage&c=fs:1520604&r=r_505370453&pn=p1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129131233/http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html |date=2010-11-29 }}</ref> was a politician in [[Alberta]], Canada, a long-time municipal councillor in [[Edmonton]], and a candidate for election to the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]].

==Early life==

Collisson was born in [[Lucan, Ontario]] in 1875. He was educated there and in [[London, Ontario]], and moved to Edmonton to teach in 1898. He remained there until 1903, when he moved to [[Dawson, Yukon]]. He taught there for two years, and returned to Edmonton in 1905. He joined the law form Short, Cross and Bigger (of which former and future mayor [[William Short (Alberta politician)|William Short]] was a partner) as a student at law. He was admitted to the [[Law Society of Alberta]] in 1908.

He served on Edmonton's public school board from 1908 until 1913.

==Municipal politics==

Collisson first sought municipal office in the [[1916 Edmonton municipal election|1916 municipal election]], when he ran for alderman on [[Edmonton City Council]]. He finished eighth of eleven, which wasn't high enough to be elected (only the top six candidates were elected in that election). He was more successful in [[1920 Edmonton municipal election|1920]], when he finished fourth of sixteen candidates and was elected to a two-year term. He was re-elected in [[1922 Edmonton municipal election|1922]] (when he finished fifth of sixteen candidates) and [[1924 Edmonton municipal election|1924]] (when he finished second of eleven). He cut short his third term in order to run for mayor in the [[1925 Edmonton municipal election|1925 election]], but finished second in a six candidate race as incumbent [[Kenny Blatchford]] took more than fifty-five percent of the vote.

He returned to politics in the [[1928 Edmonton municipal election|1928 election]], when he returned to his old position on the strength of a sixth-place finish in a fourteen candidate field. He was re-elected in the [[1930 Edmonton municipal election|1930 election]], when he finished third of nine candidates, but left municipal politics for good at the conclusion of this term.

On council, he chaired the finance committee.

==Provincial politics==

Collisson ran for the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] as a [[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]] candidate in the [[1930 Alberta general election|1930 provincial election]]. He finished eighth of seventeen candidates in the riding of [[Edmonton (provincial electoral district)|Edmonton]], and was eliminated on subsequent counts (the riding used a [[single transferable vote]] voting system at the time).

==Personal life, death, and legacy==

After leaving politics, Collisson served as the president of Edmonton's [[Community Chest (organization)|community chest]] from 1941 until 1948.

James Collisson died July 30, 1962. He was survived by his wife, Irene, one son and two daughters, and eight grandchildren.

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026233850/http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5202/Edm1919.htm Edmonton Public Library biography of James Collisson]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080410012125/http://www.edmonton.ca/CityGov/ElectionHistory/Members%20of%20Council%20Biographies.doc City of Edmonton biography of James Collisson]

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