James Shaver Woodsworth 1874-1942

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004

Photo Source - Canadian Heritage Gallery

In front of his former home on the west side of The West Mall, just north of Burnhamthorpe Road, an Archaeological and Historic Sites Board plaque gives us this information:

Plaque coordinates: 43.64815 -79.568567

One of Canada's outstanding reformers and parliamentarians, Woodsworth was born here on "Applewood" farm. Educated at universities in Winnipeg, Toronto and Oxford, England, he served as a Methodist minister, social worker, and longshoreman, 1900-1918. He was actively involved in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and two years later was elected to Parliament for Winnipeg North-Centre, which he represented until his death. Passionately earnest in his quest for social justice, Woodsworth worked unceasingly for the establishment of old-age pensions, unemployment insurance and other social security measures. In 1932 he was the principal founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and was that party's president until 1940. Intensely loyal to his pacifist convictions, he alone, in Parliament, opposed unconditionally Canada's participation in World War II.

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I'm doing a report on this guy pretty interesting

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