Gordon Minto Churchill, PC , DSO , MA , LL.B (born November 8, 1898 in Coldwater, Ontario; died August 3, 1985) was a Canadian politician. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council The Distinguished Service Order ( DSO) is a Military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries awarded for A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Severn is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada located between Lake Couchiching, and the Severn River (both are part of Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949 as an independent representative, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1951 to 1968 as a Progressive Conservative. The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba the legislative branch of government in the Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian He was a federal cabinet minister in the government of John Diefenbaker. A minister or a secretary is a Politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional Government.
Churchill was educated at United College in Winnipeg and at the University of Manitoba, receiving a Master of Arts degree and a law degree. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, is the largest university located in the province of Manitoba. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large He worked as a teacher and school principal, and served as president of the Manitoba Teachers' Society. He also was a member of the law firm of Haig and Haig in Winnipeg, dominated by the family of Conservative politician John Thomas Haig. A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more Lawyers to engage in the practice of law Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre Political party in Manitoba, Canada. John Thomas Haig PC ( December 15, 1877 &ndash October 23, 1962) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
Churchill saw action in both World Wars. He served overseas in World War I from 1916 to 1919 as a Vickers Machine Gunner. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common During World War II, he served from 1939 to 1945 with the Fort Garry Horse and C. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar O. 1st Canadian Carrier Regiment in Northwestern Europe. In 1945, he became Dean of Faculty at Khaki University in England. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Khaki University (initially Khaki College was a Canadian educational institution set up and managed by the the general staff of the Canadian Army in Britain England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Churchill's political career began in January 1946, when he was elected to the Manitoba legislature in a special by-election for Manitobans in the Canadian Army, who had not been able to cast ballots in the 1945 provincial election. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Land Force Command ( LFC) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Forces. Manitoba's general election of October 15, 1945 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada Despite his ties to the Progressive Conservative Party, he served in the legislature as an independent member for the next four years.
He resigned from the Manitoba legislature in 1949 to run for the Canadian House of Commons. Running in Winnipeg South Centre, he finished a distant second against Liberal candidate Ralph Maybank. Winnipeg South Centre is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political H Ralph Maybank ( August 17, 1890 — March 19, 1965) was a politician from Manitoba, Canada.
Maybank resigned two years later, and Churchill was narrowly elected over Liberal Norman Wright to replace him. He was returned by a greater margin in the 1953 federal election, and by a significant majority in the 1957 election. The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 23rd Parliament
Churchill was a key adviser to Progressive Conservative Party leader John Diefenbaker during this peiod, and was widely credited with developing the strategy that propelled Diefenbaker to victory in 1957. The Liberal Party of Louis St. Laurent had been in power since 1935, and appeared to have strong popular support. Louis Stephen St-Laurent PC CC QC ( Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prior to the 1957 election, Churchill wrote a confidential paper arguing that the Progressive Conservative Party could form government by targeting seats in the English-speaking provinces, and did not need to invest resources in Québec. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Diefenbaker followed this strategy, and won a minority government in 1957. A minority government or a minority cabinet is a Cabinet of a Parliamentary system formed when the governing Political party or
Churchill was appointed to Diefenbaker's cabinet on June 21, 1957 as Minister of Trade and Commerce. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Later in the year, he led a 57-member trade delegation to the United Kingdom, touring firms throughout the country. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
The Progressive Conservatives were re-elected with a landslide majority in the 1958 federal election, and Churchill defeated his nearest opponent in Winnipeg South Centre by a margin of almost 20,000 votes. The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history Churchill gave approval in 1959 for Canada's first commercial power nuclear reactor, a CANDU design, to be built at Douglas Point, Ontario. This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device in which Nuclear chain reactions are initiated controlled The CANDU reactor is a Canadian-invented Pressurized heavy water reactor developed initially in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of The Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station was Canada’s first full-scale Nuclear power plant and the second CANDU Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec In addition to holding the Trade and Commerce portfolio, he served as acting Leader of the Government in the House of Commons from January 14 to September 10, 1960. The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Leader du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes more commonly known as the Government House Leader, is the Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On October 17, 1960, he was confirmed to this position on a full-time basis. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost After a cabinet shuffle on October 11, 1960, he was named Minister of Veterans Affairs. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Minister of Veterans Affairs (Ministre des Anciens Combattants is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet whose position was created in 1944
The Progressive Conservatives were re-elected in the 1962 federal election, but were again reduced to a minority government. The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada Churchill's majority against Liberal Ed Russenholt fell to only 2,000 votes. Ed Stanford Russenholt ( May 18, 1890 &ndash February 3, 1991) was best known as CBWT 's first weather person After another cabinet shuffle on February 12, 1963, he was promoted to Minister of National Defence. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Minister of National Defence (Ministre de la Défense nationale is a Minister of the Crown; the Canadian Politician within the Cabinet of Canada He had not served two months in this position when the Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the 1963 federal election. The Canadian federal election of 1963 was held on April 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 26th Parliament of Canada Churchill defeated Liberal clergyman Fred Douglas in a further reduced majority, and served as opposition House Leader in the parliament which followed. Fred James Douglas ( September 14, 1869 – January 1, 1949) was a United States Representative from New York.
Churchill again defeated Douglas by about 2,000 votes in the 1965 federal election, which the Progressive Conservatives also lost. The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on November 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 27th Parliament of
During the flag debates of the 1960s, Churchill referred to the new Canadian flag as a "piece of bunting". The National Flag of Canada, also known as the Maple Leaf, and fr l'Unifolié ( French for "the one-leafed" is a red Flag The Ottawa Citizen quoted him describing Prime Minister Lester Pearson as "a sawdust Caesar, reminding me of Mussolini, trying to force the country to accept his personal choice for a flag. The Ottawa Citizen is an English -language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada. "[1]
Churchill remained loyal to John Diefenbaker during the Progressive Conservative Party's internal quarrels of the 1960s, and continued to work for Diefenbaker at the party's 1967 leadership convention. The 1967 Progressive Conservative leadership convention was held to choose a leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. When Dienbaker left the race, he sent Churchill as an emissary to Dufferin Roblin's camp to accept a Roblin badge. Dufferin Roblin, PC, CC, OM (born June 17, 1917) is a Canadian businessman and politician
In February 1968, Churchill attacked new Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield for not forcing an election when the Liberal government of Lester Pearson was unexpectedly defeated in the house. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC ( April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was Premier of Nova Scotia He left the Progressive Conservative caucus on February 27, 1968 to sit as an Independent Progressive Conservative, and did not run for re-election in the 1968 campaign. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament
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