James Alexander Calder PC (September 17, 1868 – July 20, 1956) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Oxford County, Ontario, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1888.

Dr Bryce had been appalled by the death toll tuberculosis had levelled on the children attending these schools over the previous decades and had advocated intently to improve these conditions and lower a mortality rate exponentially higher than Canadians of European descent.

James Calder used his position to force Dr Bryce into an unwanted retirement and was able to silence his advocacy that may have saved innumerable lives.

[1] The Story of a National Crime Being a Record of the Health Conditions of the Indians of Canada from 1904 to 1921, by Dr. P. H. Bryce, M.A., M.D.