22 Facts About Woodrow Lloyd

Woodrow Stanley Lloyd was a Canadian politician and educator who served as the 8th premier of Saskatchewan from 1961 to 1964.

Woodrow Lloyd worked as a teacher and school principal and was involved with the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, eventually becoming its president.

Woodrow Lloyd was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1944.

Woodrow Lloyd became an instrumental figure in Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government between 1944 and 1961, serving as Education Minister and then Treasurer.

Woodrow Lloyd succeeded Douglas as Saskatchewan Premier in late 1961.

In that role, Lloyd piloted Canada's first Medicare program from legislation to implementation, including resolving the 1962 Saskatchewan doctors' strike.

Woodrow Lloyd's government was defeated in the 1964 provincial election and he served the next six years as the Leader of the Official Opposition.

Woodrow Lloyd stepped down as party leader in 1970, and from the Legislature in 1971.

Woodrow Lloyd was appointed to a United Nations post in South Korea, where he died of a heart attack in 1972.

Woodrow Lloyd was born in Webb, Saskatchewan on July 16,1913.

Woodrow Lloyd initially studied engineering, but after the onset of the Great Depression, switched his studies to teaching and graduated with a teaching degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1936.

Woodrow Lloyd started teaching school that year, and eventually became a school principal in the early 1940s at Stewart Valley, Vanguard, and Biggar.

Woodrow Lloyd was active in the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and held many positions in the organization including the presidency from 1940 to 1944.

Woodrow Lloyd served on the University of Saskatchewan's Senate, and was the president of the Saskatchewan Educational Conference in the early 1940s.

Woodrow Lloyd became the youngest cabinet minister in Saskatchewan history when he was appointed Minister of Education by Premier Tommy Douglas.

Woodrow Lloyd served in that role for the next sixteen years and oversaw the complete overhaul of the Saskatchewan education system.

Woodrow Lloyd was elected as Douglas' successor for what was now called the Saskatchewan CCF-NDP, defeating Olaf Turnbull.

In 1963, Woodrow Lloyd's government created the Saskatchewan Economic Development Corporation to partner with private industry in research and development.

Thatcher called a snap election that year; although Woodrow Lloyd's party increased its share of the vote, the Liberals secured a second majority, increasing Woodrow Lloyd's sense of urgency to update the party platform.

Woodrow Lloyd voted in support of the movement's Manifesto for an Independent Socialist Canada at the 1969 federal NDP convention.

In July 1970, Allan Blakeney, who had served as Minister of Health under Woodrow Lloyd, was elected as the new NDP leader.

Woodrow Lloyd opted not to run in the 1971 election, which saw Blakeney guide the NDP back to a majority government on a rejuvenated platform that incorporated elements of Waffle policy and promised a return to the interventionist approach of the CCF.