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4 days ago · Tommy Douglas was once voted the Greatest Canadian but he was not quite as popular in the 1950s. Resources: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-s ...
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5 days ago · Tommy Douglas: Hero of the common Canadian. Those events moulded the man. Initially though his vocation was the ministry, becoming a Baptist pastor. But soon his path became political. Like many...
1 day ago · In 1961, at the end of a five-day long founding convention which established its principles, policies and structures, the New Democratic Party was born, and Tommy Douglas, the long-time CCF Premier of Saskatchewan, was elected as its first leader.
Jun 20, 2024 · His marriage to actress Shirley Douglas, daughter of Tommy Douglas, lasted from 1966 to 1971. The couple had two children — son Kiefer and daughter Rachel.
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Jun 21, 2024 · Kiefer Sutherland’s maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led the national NDP party for almost 10 years.
Jun 28, 2024 · Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, PC, CC, SOM was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician. As leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1942 and the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961, he led the first socialist government in North America and ...
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Jun 18, 2024 · During his four-year stint as NDP leader though, Finn became good friends with Saskatchewan NDP Leader Tommy Douglas, fondly known to Canadians as the “Father of Medicare”. Finn recalled Douglas’ first visit to Newfoundland.
