John Bracken
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The Hon. John Bracken |
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| 11th Premier of Manitoba | |
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In office August 8, 1922 – January 14, 1943 |
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| Monarch |
George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Lieutenant Governor |
James A. M. Aikins Theodore A. Burrows James D. McGregor William J. Tupper Roland F. McWilliams |
| Preceded by | Tobias Norris |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Garson |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for The Pas | |
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In office October 5, 1922 – January 14, 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Brown |
| Succeeded by | Beresford Richards |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Neepawa |
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In office June 11, 1945 – June 27, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Donald Mackenzie |
| Succeeded by | The electoral district was abolished in 1947. |
| Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada) | |
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In office June 11, 1945 – July 21, 1948 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Gordon Graydon |
| Succeeded by | George A. Drew |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 22, 1883 Ellisville, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | March 18, 1969 (aged 85) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Progressive Party of Manitoba, Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Wylie Bruce (m. 1909) |
| Children | John Bruce Bracken, Allan Douglas Bracken, William Gordon Bracken, George Murray Bracken |
| Alma mater |
Ontario Agricultural College University of Illinois |
| Occupation | agronomist |
| Profession | politician |
| Cabinet | President of the Council (1922–1943) Minister of Education (1922–1923) Provincial Lands Commissioner (1922–1923) Railway Commissioner (1922–1923 & 1935–1940) Minister of Agriculture (1923–1925 & 1936) Provincial Treasurer (1925–1932) Minister of Public Utilities (1927–1928) Minister of Mines & Natural Resources (1928–1930) Provincial Secretary (1935–1939) Minister Manitoba Power Commission (1936–1940) Minister, Dom. Prov. Relations (1939–1940 & 1941–1943) |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
John Bracken, PC (June 22, 1883 – March 18, 1969) was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba (1922–1943) and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–1948).
Bracken was born in Ellisville, Ontario, the son of Ephriam Michael Bracken and Alberta Gilbert, and was educated at Brockville Collegiate, the Ontario Agricultural College and at the University of Illinois. In 1909, he married Alice Wylie Bruce. He was professor of animal husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1920, when he became President of the Manitoba Agricultural College.
In 1922, the United Farmers of Manitoba unexpectedly won the provincial election. The UFM's expectations had been so low going into the election that they had not even named a leader. They asked Bracken to become the party's leader and premier-designate. Bracken accepted the UFM's request, and won a deferred election in the northern riding of The Pas. (A similar situation had occurred with Ernest C. Drury when the United Farmers of Ontario won the 1919 election in that province.)
Bracken was a political outsider, and gave the UFM the professional grounding it needed. The United Farmers generally rejected the partisanship of the Liberal and Conservative parties, and favoured government policies based on independence and principles of business management. The UFM governed as the Progressive Party of Manitoba, and Bracken served as Manitoba's Premier for over twenty years.
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