| Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo | |
Hon. T. D. Pattullo |
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| In office June 15, 1933 – December 9, 1941 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Fraser Tolmie |
| Succeeded by | John Hart |
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| Born | January 19, 1873 Woodstock, Ontario |
| Died | March 30, 1956 (aged 83) Victoria, British Columbia |
| Political party | British Columbia Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Lillian (Reidemaster) |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Thomas Dufferin ("Duff") Pattullo (January 19, 1873 – March 30, 1956) was premier of British Columbia, Canada from 1933 to 1941. The Premier of British Columbia is the First minister, Head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Simon Fraser Tolmie PC, LLD ( January 25, 1867 - October 13, 1937) was a Veterinarian, Farmer, John Hart ( Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland March 31, 1879 &ndash April 7, 1957, Victoria British Columbia Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Woodstock (2006 population 35480 is a City and the county seat of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Victoria (vɪkˈtɔɹiə is the capital city of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party (also referred to as the BC Liberals) is the governing Political party in British Columbia, Canada. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pattullo Bridge is named in his honour as well as Prince Rupert's Pattullo Park. The Pattullo Bridge is a Compression arch suspended-deck bridge located in the Greater Vancouver Regional Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Pattullo's early career was as a journalist with two newspapers in Ontario: the Woodstock Sentinel in the 1890s, and as editor of the Galt Reformer in 1896. Woodstock (2006 population 35480 is a City and the county seat of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec He got a job as secretary to James Morrow Walsh, the Commissioner of the Yukon, where he stayed until 1902. James Morrow Walsh, ( 22 May 1840 &ndash 25 July 1905) was a North West Mounted Police (NWMP officer and the first Commissioner Commissioner is a designation that may be used for a variety of official positions especially referring to a high-ranked public (administrative or Police) official or an analogous Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. In 1908, he moved to Prince Rupert, British Columbia and soon became mayor. Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1916 election, and was appointed minister of lands in the Liberal government. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation The British Columbia general election of 1916 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The British Columbia Liberal Party (also referred to as the BC Liberals) is the governing Political party in British Columbia, Canada. Following the defeat of the Liberals in the 1928 election, Pattullo became Liberal Party leader, and leader of the opposition. The British Columbia general election of 1928 was the seventeenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The Leader of the Opposition ( French: Chef de l'Opposition) in British Columbia is the MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia In the 1933 election, with the Conservatives in disarray and not running any official candidates, Pattullo led the party back into government. The British Columbia general election of 1933 was the eighteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
The Pattullo government, elected in the midst of the Great Depression, attempted to extend government services and relief to the unemployed. In the 1937 general election, his government was re-elected running on the slogan of "socialized capitalism". The British Columbia general election of 1937 was the nineteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where [1] His government was unable to secure a majority in the 1941 election due, in part, to the rise of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. In the Westminster System, there is a majority government when the governing party enjoys an Absolute majority of seats in the Legislature or The British Columbia general election 1941 was the twentieth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (NDP is a Political party in British Columbia, Canada that has Democratic socialist roots He was unwilling to form a coalition government with the Conservatives, so his Liberal Party removed him as leader and formed such a coalition despite his objections. A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a Cabinet of a parliamentary Government in which several parties cooperate The British Columbia Conservative Party is a conservative Political party in British Columbia, Canada. In the 1945 election, Pattullo lost his seat in the legislature and retired from politics. The British Columbia general election of 1945 was the twenty-first general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. He died in Victoria, British Columbia. Victoria (vɪkˈtɔɹiə is the capital city of British Columbia.