James Delamere Lafferty

James Delamere Lafferty was a Canadian physician and politician. He served one term as the fifth mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta from January 20, 1890 to January 19, 1891.

Lafferty was born in Perth, Ontario in 1849 and attended local schools. He then worked as deputy registrar of titles in Kingston to finance his further education. He graduated from Queens University medical school in 1871. Lafferty practised medicine for a year in Perth before becoming a senior resident at Ward Island hospital in New York and at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Lafferty next took a postgraduate course at St Bartholomews Hospital in London, England.

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