Tommy Douglas
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Job / Known for: Politician and socialist
Left traces: His government in Saskatchewan
Born
Date: 1904-10-20
Location: CA Falkirk
Died
Date: 1986-02-24 (aged 82)
Resting place: CA Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
Death Cause: Cancer
Family
Spouse: Irma Dempsey
Children: Shirley Douglas
Parent(s): Thomas Douglas and Annie Clement
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Tommy Douglas was born on October 20, 1904 in Falkirk, Scotland, the son of a Methodist minister and his wife. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1919 and settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He became a Baptist minister and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a socialist party. He left federal politics in 1944 to become the leader of the Saskatchewan CCF and the premier of the province. He led the first socialist government in North America and introduced many progressive reforms, such as public ownership of utilities, labour rights, social welfare programs, and universal health care. He also opposed the conscription of Canadians during the Second World War and the Korean War. He resigned as premier in 1961 to become the leader of the newly formed New Democratic Party (NDP), a merger of the CCF and the Canadian Labour Congress. He led the NDP until 1971, when he retired from politics. He was a vocal critic of the Liberal and Conservative governments and advocated for peace, disarmament, civil rights, and social justice. He died of cancer on February 24, 1986 in Ottawa, Ontario, at the age of 81. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Canadians of all time and a hero of the Canadian left.
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