James Bernard Fay

FAY, JAMES BERNARD, farmer, political assistant, government inspector, oil company employee, and owner of taxi company; b. 23 September 1947 in Charlottetown, son of John Brady Fay and Margaret Theresa Ellsworth; Roman Catholic. Fay, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 8 November 1976 for 1st Kings. He was re-elected in the general election of 1978. He was defeated in the general election of 1979. In 1978 lie was appointed Minister Without Portfolio responsible for the Housing Corporation, Cultural Affairs, and as Minister of Justice. He served as a member of the Standing Committees on Agriculture, Labour and Management, and Municipal Affairs. He was a member of the Eastern Kings Community Improvement Commission. Fay attended East Baltic school and Souris Regional High School. Jim Fay farmed with his brother Joseph at East Baltic. He was employed by the federal government as a potato inspector for Kings County. Following his career as a politician, he moved to Ottawa and worked as a political assistant to Eugene Whelan, federal Minister of Agriculture. He relocated to Fort MacMurray, Alberta. First he worked with an oil company and later he established Fort MacMurray's first taxi company. He was a member of the board of directors of Souris Hospital and Eastern Kings Fire Department. Fay was president of the Basin Head Fisheries Museum and a member of the board of the Eastern Kings Recreation Commission. He was also a member of the board of the Eastern Kings Hockey League. James Fay served as a president of the St. Mary's Church Parish Council. Fay presently resides in Fort MacMurray, Alberta.