John Bracken
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John Bracken was a Canadian agronomist and politician who was the 11th and longest-serving premier of Manitoba and later the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
John Bracken in the Toronto Star, 1947
Bracken at a young age
Bracken (left) shaking hands with George Henry Stokes in 1945.
John Bracken in 1945 cartoon by Arch Dale
The Conservative Party of Canada was a major federal political party in Canada that existed under that name from 1867 before being renamed the Progressive Conservative Party in 1942. The party adhered
John Bracken
…elections in 1932, 1936 and 1941, winning majority governments in all but the 1936 election. In 1942, he agreed to run for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party of Canada at the condition that the party be renamed the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. After being elected leader of the newly renamed party, he…
1891 election poster promoting prime minister John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
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