James Simpson Lord (December 21, 1875 – July 8, 1932) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of the Conservative party representing Charlotte County from 1925 to 1930.
In 1903, Lord became a provisional director of the West Isles Telephone Company on Deer Island along with Frederic Richardson, Edwin McNeil, Wilford Randall and Dr. Alexander Murray.https://archives.gnb.ca/en-ca/collections/details?level=0&key=7492
In 1908, Lord was working as a school teacher in Richardson, Deer Island.The Granite town greetings : Vol. 3, No. 2 (January 22, 1908) He went on to work as a school teacher in Saint John, then became general agent for Canada Life Insurance Company in Charlotte County.The Evening times star : Vol. XXI, No. 226 (June 25, 1925) In 1916, he resigned from his role as chief bookkeeper for Ganong Bros. chocolate.The Beacon : Vol. XXVII, No. 52 (June 24, 1916)
Lord was a member of the Knights of Pythias.The Saint John standard : Vol. XIII, No. 224 (February 1, 1922)
Lord served as scribe, and later Vice President (Imperial Klaliff), of the Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.https://nbmediacoop.org/2021/01/23/new-brunswicks-alt-right-history-is-anything-but-new/ Lord attended a 1927 KKK recruitment rally in Sarnia, Ontario where he stated "We must have an Anglo-Saxon Canada".https://www.thesarniajournal.ca/top-story/guest-column-the-klan-cross-burnings-a-dark-chapter-of-city-history-7970392
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