Robert Manion
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The Hon. Robert James Manion |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Fort William and Rainy River |
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In office 1917–1925 |
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| Preceded by | District was created in 1914 |
| Succeeded by | District was abolished in 1924 |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Fort William |
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In office 1925–1935 |
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| Preceded by | District was created in 1924 |
| Succeeded by | Dan McIvor |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for London |
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In office 1938–1940 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Cronyn Betts |
| Succeeded by | Allan Johnston |
| Leader of the Official Opposition | |
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In office 1938–1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | R. B. Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Richard Hanson |
| Personal details | |
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November 19, 1881 Pembroke, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 2, 1943 (aged 61) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Robert James Manion, PC, MC (November 19, 1881, in Pembroke, Ontario – July 2, 1943, in Ottawa) was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940.
Of Irish Catholic descent, Manion studied medicine at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and at the University of Edinburgh before settling in his hometown of Fort William, Ontario where his parents had lived since 1888. In 1915, he enrolled with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Attached to the 21st Canadian Battalion, he was awarded the Military Cross for heroism at the battle of Vimy Ridge.
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons during the conscription election of 1917 as a Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Fort William, Ontario. A member of the Liberal Party before the war, he supported Conservative Prime Minister Robert Borden's pro-conscription Union government that was formed as a result of the Conscription Crisis of 1917. Manion remained with the Conservative Party after the war. The new prime minister, Arthur Meighen, appointed him Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment in 1921. He spent most of the 1920s on the opposition benches, except for a few months in 1926 when he served as a minister in the second Meighen administration, including the position of Postmaster-General.
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