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He was born in Napanee, Ontario, apprenticed there as a tanner and came to Victoria in 1867.
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James Abrams
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He represented Nanaimo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882. He worked as a foreman in two tanneries before moving to Nanaimo, where he established the Nanaimo Tanning Company in 1878, with himself as president In 1886, he became a partner in a business in Vancouver.
Later that year, his business in Nanaimo was destroyed in a fire.
Abrams served on Nanaimo City Council in 1889 and also served as a justice of the peace. He died in Cumberland at the age of 69.
Abrams Island, located west of Swindle Island, was named after him.
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