James Shaver Woodsworth was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement. Following more than two decades ministering to the poor and the working class, J. S. Woodsworth left the Methodist Church to sponsor the Social Gospel movement as he felt the Church was much more concerned with profit than it was with helping the underprivileged of Manitoba. He was arrested in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for supporting the protesters at the Winnipeg General Strike, but never charged. Woodsworth was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Federated Labour Party of British Columbia in 1921. Woodsworth's greatest triumph in life was in 1933, when he founded and became leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, Canada's first Socialist party, which evolved into today's New Democratic Party.
William Sanford Evans was a Manitoba politician. Between 1933 and 1936, he was the leader of that province's Conservative Party caucus.
Portage and Main is an intersection in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is located in downtown Winnipeg where Portage Avenue and Main Street intersect. The corner is well-known across Canada as the "crossroads of Canada", due to its relative proximity to the longitudinal centre of Canada.
Robert Ashley Steen, was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1969, and later served as the 38th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1977 to 1979.
Frank Westbrook McIntosh was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1936, as a Liberal-Progressive representative. His father, John McIntosh, had served in the legislature as a Liberal from 1896 to 1899.
Thomas William Taylor was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 13th Mayor of Winnipeg, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1900 to 1914. Taylor was a member of the Conservative Party.
Route 85, also known as Portage Avenue, is a major arterial route in the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is one of the city's oldest and most important roads and is part of both the Trans-Canada and Yellowhead Highways.
Thomas Scott was a Canadian military figure, Manitoba Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of Parliament and the third Mayor of Winnipeg in the 19th century.
Alexander McMicken was the sixth Mayor of Winnipeg in 1883.
Thomas Ryan was a footwear manufacturer, municipal politician and the tenth Mayor of Winnipeg in 1889.
Richard Willis Jameson was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and 15th Mayor of Winnipeg and as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada.
William Forsythe McCreary was a Canadian politician and lawyer. McCreary served as an alderman and the 16th Mayor of Winnipeg and as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada.
Alfred Joseph Andrews was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 17th Mayor of Winnipeg.
Horace Wilson was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 18th Mayor of Winnipeg.
John Arbuthnot was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 19th Mayor of Winnipeg.
Garnet Coulter was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 35th Mayor of Winnipeg.
Frank Oliver Fowler was a Canadian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, then in Winnipeg city politics as an alderman and subsequently as the 29th Mayor.
Edward Parnell was a Canadian politician, the 28th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1921 until his death in office.
Richard Deans Waugh was a Canadian politician, the 23rd Mayor of Winnipeg in 1912 and again from 1915 to 1916.
