- James Anderson
James Frederick Anderson (born September 2, 1903; died October 18, 1983) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958 as a Liberal-Progressive. Anderson was first elected to the legislature in a by-election on December 23, 1948, defeating CCF opponent Michael Taczynski in the Fairford constituency. - John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt (1925-1998) was a Manitoba agrologist. He worked as a university professor, and in 1970 challenged Israel Asper for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party. Born in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Nesbitt saw service in World War II and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from Penn State University in 1952. He was head of the department of Dairy Science at the University of Manitoba from 1953 to 1966, and was a respected public speaker. - John Thompson
John William McLeod Thompson , BA, LLB, (born July 18, 1908 in Elkhorn, Manitoba; died December 15, 1986 in Winnipeg) was a lawyer, politician and Judge in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1962 as a Progressive Conservative, and held several cabinet posts in the government of Dufferin (Duff) Roblin. - James Christie
James Lyall Christie (born June 9, 1891 in Glenboro, Manitoba; died January 19, 1953) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive representative from 1932 until the time of his death. His father, also named James Christie, was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in 1914 provincial election. Christie was educated in Glenboro, and worked as a farmer. - George William Allan
George William Allan (August 13 1860 - December 6 1940) was a Canadian politician. Born in Toronto, his father, George William Allan, (Sr.), served in the Canadian Senate for 35 years, including a term as Speaker of the Senate. The younger Allan moved in his adult life to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he was elected to one term in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1917 election as the Unionist Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South. - George Johnson
George Johnson, O.C., M.D, LLD, (November 18, 1920 - July 8, 1995) was a medical doctor and is seen by historians as one of the leading political reformers of the twentieth century in Manitoba. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir and as the province's Lieutenant-Governor from 1986 to 1993. Dr. Johnson was born in Winnipeg, to a family of Icelandic heritage. He received a B.Sc. - Robert Rogers
Robert Rogers, PC (March 2, 1864 - July 21, 1936) was a Canadian merchant and politician. He served as a cabinet minister at both the federal and provincial levels. Rogers was born in Lakefield, Canada East (now Quebec), the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Rogers. He was educated in Lachute, Berthier and Montreal, and later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to became director of the Monarch Life Assurance Company. In religion, he was a member of the Church of England. - Charles Braithwaite
Charles Braithwaite (1850 - June 9, 1910) was a Manitoba politician and agrarian leader. From 1891 to 1897, he was the leader of the province's Patrons of Industry. Braithwaite was born in Folston, England. A farmer's son with little formal education, he left England for Canada in the 1870s, initially living in Durham, Ontario but moving to Manitoba in 1881. After shifting between cities and jobs for a few years, he settled as a farmer in Portage La Prairie in 1883. - John A. Campbell
John Archibald Campbell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party. Campbell was born in Clinton, Ontario, and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in the spring of 1881. He was educated at Manitoba College, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900. He worked as a barrister, and was principal of schools in Boissevain for five years. In religion, Campbell was a Baptist. - Roy Brown
Francis Roy Brown (born September 13, 1896 in Stockton, Manitoba; died November 30, 1960) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958. Brown was educated in Winnipeg. He enlisted in the Clyde Corps at the beginning of World War I, and served overseas in France, seeing action at Ypres, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele. Brown joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917, … - Keith Alexander
Keith Alexander (born June 12, 1921; died December 18, 1972) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966. Alexander was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 election, defeating incumbent Liberal-Progressive Ray Mitchell by 198 votes in the constituency of Roblin. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the elections of 1959 and 1962, and did not run in 1966. - Steve Peters
Steve Peters (born December 27, 1912 in Winnipeg, died November 29, 1976) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Manitoba legislature from 1958 to 1966, as a representative of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and its successor, the New Democratic Party. Peters was educated at Winnipeg and the neighbouring suburb of Elmwood (later a part of the amalgamated city of Winnipeg), and worked for several years as a mechanic. - James Fisher
James Fisher (November 6, 1840-1927) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He may have served as leader of the parliamentary opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for a brief period in the mid-1890s. Born at Glenquaich in Perthshire, Scotland, Fisher moved to Canada West (now Ontario) in his youth. He was educated at the University of Toronto, and was a member of that body's Senate. - John Morrison
John Morrison was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1916 to 1922. Morrison was born in Mount Forest, Ontario, the son of Scottish immigrants who had moved to Canada one year earlier. In 1878, he moved with his family to Selkirk, Manitoba where he completed his education. He worked as a merchant, and was for four years the Office Trustee of Grand Rapids, Manitoba. Morrison was a Presbyterian, and an active freemason. - James Johnson
James Johnson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1897 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party. Johnson was a cabinet minister in the government of Hugh John Macdonald, and was named speaker of the assembly in 1904. Johnson was born in Mitchell, Canada West (now Ontario), and was educated in that community. He worked as a farmer, and served as president of the Boissevain Land Company. - Robert Ferguson
Robert George Ferguson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party. Ferguson was born in the township of Kittley, in Leeds County, Ontario. He was educated at Smith's Falls, moved to Manitoba in 1882, and worked as a farmer. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1927 provincial election, … - George Armstrong
George Armstrong was a politician and labour activist in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922, and is notable as the only member of the Socialist Party of Canada ever to serve in that institution. Armstrong was born in East York, Ontario, and educated in Ellesmere. He trained as a carpenter, and practiced his trade in Winnipeg. Armstrong was a member of the Fair Wage Board for Manitoba. - Arnold Brown
Peter Arnold Brown (born April 27, 1927 in Winkler, Manitoba, died March 5, 1994) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1988, representing the riding of Rhineland for the Progressive Conservative Party. Brown worked as a businessman and a farmer before entering political life. He served as a Councillor in the town of Winkler from 1967 to 1974, … - James Morrow
James Morrow was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1911 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party. Morrow was born to an Irish family Mille Isles, Canada East (now Québec). His father was a member of the 11th Argenteuil Rangers during the Fenian raids of 1866. Morrow was educated at common school, and worked as a farmer. - Arthur Berry
Arthur Ritchie Berry was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936. Berry was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. He worked as a farmer. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1922 provincial election, as a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM) in the Gilbert Plains constituency. The UFM unexpectedly won a majority of seats in this election, and formed government as the Progressive Party. - Peter Wagner
Peter Wagner (born June 6, 1916 in Fisher Branch, Manitoba; died August 13, 1995) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1962, at first for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and later for its successor party, the NDP. Of German and Ukrainian background, Wagner was educated in Manitoba and worked as a farmer. - Thomas Farrell
Thomas Farrell was the Progressive Conservative Party candidate for the riding of Thomson in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in the 1969 provincial election. He was defeated by Joe Borowski. - George Henderson
George Lindsay Henderson (born March 18, 1916 in Homewood, Manitoba) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977. Henderson was educated in the Manitoba school system, and worked as a farmer and real-estate agent. He also served as Mayor of Manitou, Manitoba, and was a President of Manitoba Co-operative. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 election, … - George Little
George Little (died 1940) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1927. Little worked as a farmer in Neepawa, Manitoba. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1920, winning by acclamation as a Farmer candidate in the constituency of Beautiful Plains. He ran for re-election in the 1922 provincial election as a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM), … - John Cobb
John G. Cobb (died August 21, 1959) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1959, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Cobb was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate John McRae by forty votes in the rural, southwestern riding of Arthur. He was re-elected in the 1959 election, defeated McCrae by a greater margin. - Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party. Hughes was born in Liskeard, Ontario, and was educated as common schools at Hamilton Business College. He worked as a farmer and stock dealer, and was director of L.L.T. Stooker Co. Hughes was also a councillor and reeve in the Rural Municipality of Grandview, and served as vice-president of the Agricultural Society. - George Hastings
George Victor Hastings (died July 27, 2002) was a political activist and businessman in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a navigator with the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1940 and 1947, and challenged Errick Willis for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 1950. Between 1940 and 1950, the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives were part of a provincial coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressive Party. - Hugh Morrison
Hugh Borthwick Morrison (born December 16, 1892; died 1957) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1936 until the time of his death. A farmer in private life, Morrison was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal-Progressive Frank W. McIntosh by 351 votes in the constituency of Manitou. - William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1910, as a member of the Conservative Party. Waddell was born at Harrow in Essex County, Canada West (now Ontario). He was educated in that community, and later moved to Manitoba where he worked as a farmer. In religion, Waddell was a Presbyterian. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1903 provincial election, … - William Morton
William Morton (born July 3, 1884 in Gladstone, Manitoba; died 1958) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1958, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell. His father, Thomas Lewis Morton, was a member of the assembly from 1888 to 1903. Morton was educated at St. John's College in Winnipeg, and was prominent in athletics, notably football, … - Edward Brown
Edward Brown was a Manitoba politician. He served briefly as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party (1906-07), and was later a cabinet minister in Tobias C. Norris's government (1915-1922). Brown made his electoral debut in the provincial campaign of 1903, narrowly losing to Conservative Hugh Armstrong in Portage La Prairie. He subsequently became a leading organizer for the Liberals, and was acclaimed as party leader on March 28, 1906 (replacing Charles Mickle). - David Best
David Alexander Best (born November 21, 1880 in Derry, Ireland; year of death unknown) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1945 as an anti-coalition Conservative. Born in what is now Northern Ireland, Best was educated at Foyle College and came to Canada in 1911. He worked as an accountant and printing salesman, and was elected as the reeve of St. James, Manitoba in 1938. - John W. Thompson
John W. Thompson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, as a member of the Liberal Party. Thompson was born in Ravenswood, Canada West (now Ontario), and educated at public schools. He worked as a farmer, and resided in Minnedosa, Manitoba during his political career. He ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1900 federal election as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada, … - William Martin
William George Martin (born September 13, 1886 in Milton Abbot, England; died December 19, 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Martin was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966. He was educated at Victoria College in Toronto, and worked as a clergyman -- originally in the Methodist Church and after 1925 in the United Church of Canada. - William Findlater
William Blain Findlater was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922. Findlater was a member of the Liberal Party. Findlater was born at Belmore, in Huron County, Ontario, and was educated at public schools in the region. He later moved to Manitoba, and worked as a farmer and driver. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1915 provincial election, … - John Graham
John Graham was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party. Graham was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland, and was educated at Aslekirk and Heciot Midlothian. He came to Canada in 1890, and worked as a farmer and livestock importer. For many years, he was the Manitoba vice-president on the Board of the Clydesdale Horse Association. Graham resided in Carberry during his political career, … - Duncan Cameron
Duncan Cameron was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party. Cameron was born in Inverness, Scotland, and was educated in Inverness and Stafford, England. He came to Canada in 1885, and became secretary-treasurer of the D.E. Amans Coal Co. Ltd. Cameron was an active freemason, and served on the Winnipeg Board of Trade. He was elected to the Winnipeg School Board in 1917. - William Brown
William Brown was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927. Brown lived in Roland, Manitoba. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1922 provincial election as a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM), defeating independent candidate Herbert Robinson by 141 votes in the constituency of Dufferin. The UFM unexpectedly formed government after this election, … - John Munn
John Alfred Munn was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 until his death. Munn was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba, and was educated at the Ontario Veterinary College and the McKillop Veterinary College of Chicago. He worked in Manitoba as a veterinarian. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1927 provincial election in the constituency of Dufferin. - John McDowell
John McDowell (born September 16, 1894 at Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland; died June 10, 1980) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1945 to 1958. McDowell came to Canada with his family in 1895, and was educated in Toronto, Ontario. He worked as a grain dealer, and was president of McDowell Grain Co. Ltd and Ridgewood Development Co. Ltd.
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