Stanley Knowles
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The Honourable and Reverend Stanley Knowles PC, OC |
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Knowles in the 1940s
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| 2nd Chancellor of Brandon University | |
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In office 1970–1990 |
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| President | Andrew L. Dulmage Harold J. Perkins E.J. "Curly" Tyler John Mallea |
| Preceded by | Maitland Steinkopf |
| Succeeded by | Ronald D. Bell |
| New Democratic Party House Leader | |
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In office 1962–1981 |
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| Leader |
Tommy Douglas David Lewis Ed Broadbent |
| Succeeded by | Ian Deans |
| New Democratic Party Whip | |
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In office 1962–1972 |
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| Leader |
Tommy Douglas David Lewis |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Whip | |
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In office 1944–1958 |
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| Leader |
Major James Coldwell Hazen Argue |
| Preceded by | Tommy Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Tommy Douglas |
| Member of the House of Commons of Canada | |
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In office 1962–1984 |
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| Preceded by | John MacLean |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Keeper |
| Constituency | Winnipeg North Centre |
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In office 1942–1958 |
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| Preceded by | J. S. Woodsworth |
| Succeeded by | John MacLean |
| Constituency | Winnipeg North Centre |
| Executive Vice President of the Canadian Labour Congress | |
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In office 1958–1962 Serving with William Dodge |
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| President | Claude Jodoin |
| Preceded by | Gordon G. Cushing |
| Succeeded by | Joe Morris |
| Member of the Winnipeg City Council | |
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In office 1941–1942 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 18, 1908 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | June 9, 1997 (aged 88) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party |
New Democratic Party (1961–1997) Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1935–1961) |
| Alma mater |
Brandon College United College University of Manitoba |
| Profession | Clergyman |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
Stanley Howard Knowles, PC OC (June 18, 1908 – June 9, 1997) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1962 to 1984 representing the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Knowles was widely regarded and respected as the foremost expert on parliamentary procedure in Canada, and served as the CCF and NDP House Leader for decades. He was also a leading advocate of social justice, and was largely responsible for persuading the governments to increase Old Age Security benefits and for the introduction of the Canada Pension Plan, as well as other features of the welfare state.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Knowles was the third child of Margaret (née Murdock) and Stanley Ernest Knowles of Canada. His father was a machinist from Nova Scotia and his mother was the daughter of a domestic servant from New Brunswick. The couple married in Nova Scotia and emigrated to the United States in 1904, four years before Stanley's birth. He visited relatives on the Canadian Prairie when he was 16 and decided to stay and enrolled at Brandon College in 1927. Knowles was brought up as a fundamentalist Methodist but was won over to the social gospel movement, and became a United Church minister after meeting J.S. Woodsworth at the annual conference of the Student Christian Movement of Canada, a fledgling ecumenical social justice movement founded in 1921. Knowles was ordained in 1933 after graduating from theological college.
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