1. Stuart Garson served as the 12th premier of Manitoba from 1943 to 1948, and later became a Federal cabinet minister.
17 Facts About Stuart Garson
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Stuart Garson received a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Manitoba in 1918 and was called to the bar a year later.
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Stuart Garson practised law in Ashern, Manitoba, from 1919 to 1928.
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Stuart Garson was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Fairford in 1927 as a Progressive, defeating incumbent Liberal Albert Kirvan.
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Stuart Garson defeated again Kirvan in 1932, and faced only minor competition for the remainder of his time in the Manitoba legislature.
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In early 1932, Stuart Garson was one of the founding members of the province's Liberal-Progressive coalition.
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Stuart Garson was sworn in as provincial Treasurer on September 21,1936.
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Stuart Garson became minister of the Manitoba Power Commission on November 4,1940, and Minister of Public Utilities on May 15,1941.
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Stuart Garson continued to hold all of these positions after succeeding John Bracken as Premier on January 14,1943.
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Stuart Garson resigned the MPC and Utilities portfolios in 1944.
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Stuart Garson's government was perhaps slightly more interventionist than those of Bracken and his eventual successor Douglas Campbell.
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Stuart Garson's ministry began a program of rapid rural electrification, and made some effort to service the needs of returning soldiers after World War II.
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Stuart Garson's ministry retained close ties to the federal Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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Stuart Garson moved to federal politics in 1948, at the behest of new Liberal Prime Minister Louis St Laurent.
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On November 15,1948, Stuart Garson was sworn in as Minister of Justice and Attorney General; he was elected to the federal parliament in a by-election for the rural seat of Marquette the next month.
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Stuart Garson served as Solicitor General of Canada from August 7,1950, to October 14,1952.
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Stuart Garson lost his seat in 1957, the year that Progressive Conservative leader John Diefenbaker formed a minority government.