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Harold Winch

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that almost wiped the CCF out, and remained with the party as it transformed into the New Democratic Party in 1961. After winning seven successive elections as an MP, he retired from the House of Commons at the
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in 1935, acting as a liaison between unemployed protesters and the government. He performed the same role as a new MLA in 1938, and assisted the police in ending a month-long occupation at the
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from October 1941 to February 1952 and then again from June 1952 to March 1953. He was called "the best leader of the Opposition that has ever been" by
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in March 1953. Winch opposed holding a new election, arguing that the CCF was able to form a new government. When the
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Persecution of Japanese Canadians and the Political Left in British Columbia December 1941 - March 1942
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An electrician by trade, Winch joined the CCF at its founding. He was first elected to the
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Winch stepped down as party leader, and entered federal politics. He was elected to the
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Dorothy Ada Hutchinson, May 1929- Oct 1974 Jessie Margaret Frost, May 1981- Feb 1993
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announced that it would not support a CCF government, a new election was called.
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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
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and leader of the opposition in 1941. The CCF emerged from the
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British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs
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was also a CCF MLA from 1933 until his death in 1957.
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Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Vancouver East
Angus MacInnis
Paddy Neale
Vancouver East
Loughton
England
White Rock, British Columbia
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Ernest Edward Winch
Canadian
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
New Democratic Party
British Columbia CCF
Leader of the Opposition
Premier
W. A. C. Bennett

relief camp strike
On-to-Ottawa Trek
Vancouver Art Gallery
Bloody Sunday
Grace
Angus MacInnis
Japanese Canadians
World War II
British Columbia Legislative Assembly
1933 provincial election
Member of the Legislative Assembly

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