Jimmy Creighton
Born (1905-11-18)November 18, 1905
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Died May 29, 1990(1990-05-29) (aged 84)
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Detroit Falcons
Playing career 19261933

James Albert Creighton (November 18, 1905 – May 29, 1990) was an ice hockey player and politician from Brandon, Manitoba.[1]

Creighton played eleven games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Falcons in 1931, scoring one goal and receiving one minor penalty. He was traded to the New York Americans in December 1931, but never played for the team. He later worked in the IHL and the Can-Am Leagues. Creighton became a professional hockey referee after retiring as a player, and later worked as a general insurance salesman.[1]

He served as an alderman in Brandon in 1946, 1948 and 1949, and was mayor of the city from 1952 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1961.[1]

Creighton won the Liberal-Progressive nomination for Brandon City in the 1953 provincial election, defeating W.A. Wood and J.C. MacDonald at a contested meeting. He lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Reginald Lissaman in 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 the single transferable ballot in this period.

Later in the same year, Creighton ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1953 federal election as a Liberal candidate in Brandon—Souris. He received 8,456 votes, and finished second to Progressive Conservative Walter Dinsdale. He ran for the Manitoba legislature a second time in the 1962, and lost to Lissaman again.

He suffered from Parkinson's disease in his later years, and was eventually confined to a nursing home prior to his death in 1990.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1924–25 University of Manitoba WJrHL
1924–25 University of Manitoba Mem-Cup 211210
1925–26 Melville Millionaires S-SJHL 14152176
1926–27 Brandon Wheat Kings MHL 762812 20008
1927–28 Brandon Wheat Kings MHL 161131429
1928–29 Port Arthur Ports TBSHL 191392240 21012
1928–29 Port Arthur Ports Al-Cup 793129
1929–30 Detroit Olympics IHL 231081824
1930–31 Detroit Falcons NHL 111012
1930–31 Detroit Olympics IHL 50008
1931–32 Detroit Olympics IHL 30000
1931–32 Philadelphia Arrows Can-Am 520215
1931–32 Boston Cubs Can-Am 41014
1932–33 Kansas City Pla-Mors AHA 101349
1932–33 Duluth Hornets/Wichita Blue Jays AHA 10002
NHL totals 111012

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Memorable Manitobans: James Albert "Jimmy" Creighton (1905-1990)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
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