Lloyd Cleworth Stinson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and the leader of that province's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1953 to 1959.
19 Facts About Lloyd Stinson
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Lloyd Stinson graduated from Theology United College in 1933, and was ordained as a United Church minister.
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Lloyd Stinson stepped down as an active minister in 1942, and become Provincial Secretary for the provincial CCF the following year.
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Lloyd Stinson edited the "Manitoba Commonwealth" newspaper from 1943 to 1946, and served as a Winnipeg alderman from 1943 to 1944.
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Lloyd Stinson was defeated in Winnipeg South Centre in the federal election of 1945, though coming a respectable second to the victorious Liberal candidate.
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Lloyd Stinson placed second among the CCF candidates, trailing only party leader Seymour Farmer.
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Lloyd Stinson was the only CCF candidate elected in Winnipeg South that year; he came very close to outpolling longtime Liberal-Progressive cabinet minister John Stewart McDiarmid for first position on the first count.
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Lloyd Stinson became one of the leading CCF figures in the legislative, often outshining party leader Edwin Hansford.
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Hansford resigned as CCF house leader in 1952, and Lloyd Stinson was chosen to replace him on December 19,1952.
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Lloyd Stinson was acclaimed as the official party leader on April 25,1953, by the CCF council, and was confirmed without opposition by a provincial convention.
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Lloyd Stinson was a capable politician, and had the ability to reach out to centre-left voters previously alienated from the CCF.
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Lloyd Stinson was a skilled networker, soliciting support from Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas in designing his election platform.
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Lloyd Stinson fell to third place on Winnipeg South's first count, and had to wait for a later count to be re-elected.
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The CCF fell to ten seats in the 1959 election, and Lloyd Stinson was personally defeated by Tory candidate Obie Baizley.
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Lloyd Stinson resigned as party leader in 1960, and was replaced by Russell Paulley.
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Lloyd Stinson campaigned for its merger with the Canadian Labour Congress to create the New Democratic Party.
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In 1962, Lloyd Stinson ran as an NDP candidate in Wellington, but lost to Tory Richard Seaborn by about 200 votes.
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Later in 1963, Lloyd Stinson was re-elected to the second ward of the Winnipeg City Council.
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Lloyd Stinson retained his seat in the 1967 municipal election, where he remained until his retirement in 1971.