Edward Alexander Partridge
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Edward Alexander Partridge was a Canadian teacher, farmer, agrarian radical, businessman and author. Known in political circles as "Partridge of Sintaluta, " he was active in the Territorial Grain Gro
Partridge as a younger man
Early GGGC booth
Grain Growers' Grain Company
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The Grain Growers' Grain Company was a farmers' cooperative founded in the prairie provinces of western Canada in 1906. The GGGC met strong resistance from existing grain dealers. It was forced off th
Edward Alexander Partridge
…Grain Growers' Association (TGGA), founded in 1902, which addressed various problems with the Western Canada grain market. He founded the cooperative Grain Growers' Grain Company, the predecessor of the United Grain Growers, and the Grain Growers' Guide, a widely distributed weekly paper. His "Partridge Plan" was a broad and…
Thomas Crerar, President from 1907 to 1917
Directors of what would become the United Grain Growers in 1916