Facts:   - death place: toronto , ontario    - known for: head of the board of railway commissioners    - death date: 06 may 1912      - birth date: 05 november 1859    - name: james pitt mabee    - image: file : james pitt mabee.png    - birth place: port rowan , upper canada    - occupation: lawyer , judge , and railway commissioner   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james pitt mabee .
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james pitt mabee -lrb- november 5 , 1859 -- may 6 , 1912 -rrb- was a canadian lawyer , judge , and railway commissioner .born in port rowan , upper canada , mabee studied at university of toronto and osgoode hall before being called to the bar in 1882 .a lawyer , he ran unsuccessfully as the liberal party of canada candidate against alexander ferguson maclaren in the riding of perth north in the federal election of 1904 .in 1905 , he was appointed the first chairman of the canadian section of the international waterways commission .later in 1905 , he resigned when he was appointed the chancery division of the ontario superior court of justice .in 1908 .he was appointed head of the board of railway commissioners succeeding albert clements killam .he served until getting appendicitis in april 1912 .he died of the complications from gangrene in may 1912 and was buried in the anglican cemetery at port rowan .