Jimmy Creighton
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James Albert "Jimmy" Creighton(November 18, 1905 — May 29, 1990) was aCanadianice hockeyplayer and politician fromBrandon,Manitoba.
Creighton played eleven games in theNational Hockey Leaguewith theDetroit Falconsin 1931, scoring one goal and receiving one minor penalty. He was traded to theNew York Americansin December 1931, but never played for the team. He later worked in the International Hockey League and the Can-Am Leagues. Creighton became a professional hockey referee after retiring as a player, and later worked as a general insurance salesman.
He served as an alderman in Brandon in 1946, 1948 and 1949, and wasmayorof the city from 1952 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1961.
Creighton won theLiberal-Progressivenomination forBrandon Cityin the1953 provincial election,defeating W.A. Wood and J.C. MacDonald at a contested meeting. He lost toProgressive ConservativecandidateReginald Lissamanin the general election, receiving 3,063 votes (40.13%) on the first count and losing on the second. Provincial elections in Manitoba were conducted by thesingle transferable ballotin this period.
Later in the same year, Creighton ran for theCanadian House of Commonsin the1953 federal electionas aLiberalcandidate inBrandon—Souris.He received 8,456 votes, and finished second toProgressive ConservativeWalter Dinsdale.He ran for the Manitoba legislature a second time in the1962,and lost to Lissaman again.
He suffered fromParkinson's Diseasein his later years, and was eventually confined to a nursing home prior to his death in 1990.