Charles Stewart,was a Canadian politician who served as the third premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane,Ontario,in then Wentworth County,Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm. There he became active in politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 election. He served as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Municipal Affairs—the first person to hold the latter position in Alberta—in the government of Arthur Sifton. When Sifton left provincial politics in 1917 to join the federal cabinet,Stewart was named his replacement.
The Progressive Party of Canada,formally the National Progressive Party,was a federal-level political party in Canada in the 1920s until 1930. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces,and it spawned the Progressive Party of Saskatchewan,and the Progressive Party of Manitoba,which formed the government of that province. The Progressive Party was part of the farmers' political movement that included federal and provincial Progressive and United Farmers' parties.
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party,or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Party or Independent Labour Party name,backed by local labour councils made up of many union locals in a particular city,or individual trade unions. There was an attempt to create a national Canadian Labour Party in the late 1910s and in the 1920s,but these were only partly successful.
The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an association of Alberta farmers that has served different roles in its 100-year history –as a lobby group,a successful political party,and as a farm-supply retail chain. As a political party,it formed the government of Alberta from 1921 to 1935.
Robert James Manion was a Canadian politician who led the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 to 1940. Prior to his leadership of the party,he served in Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and R.B. Bennett's cabinets.
Alexander Grant MacKay was a Canadian teacher,lawyer and provincial level politician. He served prominent posts in two provincial legislatures as Leader of the Opposition in Ontario and as a Cabinet Minister in Alberta.
George Stewart Henry was a farmer,businessman and politician in Ontario,Canada. He served as the tenth premier of Ontario from 1930 to 1934. He had acted as minister of highways while Ontario greatly expanded its highway system. Henry continued the expansion as premier,but his party did not provide relief during the Great Depression and lost the 1934 election.
John Campbell Elliott,was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
John Smith Stewart,was a Canadian politician and brigadier-general from Alberta.
John Alexander Stewart,was a Canadian politician.
James Malcolm,was a Canadian politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bruce North from 1921 to 1935 and served as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1926 to 1930.
Norman Alexander McLarty,was a Canadian politician.
Angus McGillis was a Canadian farmer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Glengarry in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1929 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1930 to 1935 as a Conservative member.
Frederic James White was a provincial level politician and labour activist in Canada. He was a Labour Party MLA from 1921 to 1935 representing Calgary.
Hugh Alexander MacKenzie was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Warwick,Ontario and became a farmer.
Alexander McKay Edwards was a Canadian businessman and politician. Edwards was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Bothwell,Ontario and became a manufacturer and pharmacist.
Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward,in central Ottawa,Ontario,Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street,on the east by the Rideau Canal,on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal,while Lower Town was everything to the east. For certain purposes,such as the census and real estate listings,the Golden Triangle and/or Downtown Ottawa is included in Centretown and it is considered part of Centretown by the Centretown Citizens Community Association as well as being used in this way in casual conversation.
