Stanley Knowles
Stanley Howard Knowles was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1962 to 1984 representing the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Background
- Born in
- Los Angeles
- Educated at
- McMaster UniversityBrandon UniversityManual Arts High SchoolUnited College, Winnipeg
- Awards
- 🏆 Officer of the Order of Canada
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"The kinds of homes or communities people live in, the resources available for health, education, and security in old age - all these things are subject to the decisions of rulers we do not elect."
"Workers do not try to prevent employers from making contributions to political parties the workers do not support."
"What shall it profit us, unless life in the midst of it all has meaning? When a society spends more on advertising than it does on education, where is it headed?"
"All told it is a new world. It calls for new ideas. In Canada it calls for a New Party."
"Plan-less profit-seeking as practiced by the West cannot match the planned export policies of the East."
"Yet another means by which to distribute more equally the wealth our people create is by an all-out program in the building of homes. Where did we ever get the idea that it is all right for some Canad…"
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Timeline
1908
Born
Birth1997
Died
Death
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