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Thomas Clement Douglas PC CC SOM (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).
Jul 30, 2013 · CCF Member of Parliament. Tommy Douglas ran unsuccessfully in the 1934 Saskatchewan election. Undeterred by this failure, he decided to run as a CCF candidate in the 1935 federal election. This time, he was successful, partly because he had learned to exploit a special talent: the ability to make people laugh.
Tommy Douglas was a prominent Canadian politician and the premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. He is best known for introducing universal healthcare in the province, which later served as a model for the national healthcare system in Canada.
Jun 10, 2024 · Tommy Douglas was a Scottish-born Canadian politician. His family immigrated to Winnipeg in 1919. An ordained minister, he became active in the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and he served in the Canadian Parliament (1935–44). As premier of Saskatchewan (1944–61), he led Canada’s
Mar 10, 2010 · Beating out Terry Fox, Pierre Trudeau, and Frederick Banting to be named the Greatest Canadian in a CBC poll is quite an accomplishment. Tommy Douglas — who was at times labelled a “Red” and a “Communist” by his political opponents — won the honour largely for his belief that every Canadian deserved the right to have quality health care, regardless of their economic or social ...
Jul 3, 2019 · A small man with a huge personality, Tommy Douglas was gregarious, witty, feisty and kind. The leader of the first socialist government in North America, Douglas brought massive change to the province of Saskatchewan and led the way for many social reforms in the rest of Canada. Douglas is considered the Canadian "father of Medicare."
Feb 8, 2024 · A Short Introduction to Tommy Douglas and his Government(1944-1960) Saskatchewan New Democratic Party; Vidéo:Les Archives de Radio Canada "La Saskatchewan, berceau du socialisme canadien"(Français) video: CBC Digital Archives "Tommy Douglas and the NDP" (English) Youtube: Tommy Douglas on Future of Medicare (1983) The Future of Medicare
Dec 1, 2020 · Scottish-born Tommy Douglas (1904-1986) was an influential Canadian politician over decades. He led the province of Saskatchewan for nearly two decades and after that was leader of one of Canadian’s main parties, the New Democratic Party. Here, Douglas Reid tells us about the life of Tommy Douglas.
Tommy Douglas The preacher turned politician fights to bring a socialist government to Canada In 1944, a Baptist preacher turned politician ran for premier of Saskatchewan and Canadas political ...
Jun 14, 2013 · On June 15, 1944 the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by the dynamic Tommy Douglas, won Saskatchewan to form North America's first socialist government.
