The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-26
issued: 1926-09-17
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note: ___ f-,— aoor StaHmaf E /jfeWNED AND CONTROLLED ^^.^y BY THE VANCP ? TRADES AND LABOR COUNf ST Official Organ of The Canadian Lab.. ■-V-'-rty 14 ( -*.~ No. 126—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER. B. C. SEPTEMBER 17th, i 1926 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Farmer and Labor Forces Increase Representation ■ V*~ ■ | Alberta Farmers Make Good Showing—East Calgary- Elect* Labor —Pritchard Increases Labor Vote—Big Decrease. in Total Vote in Vancouver —!—-~- - ALTHOUGH LABOR did not make a very good showing in Vancouver, the general result is very gratifying. Labor has not only increased its numbers in the House, but the radical farmer group, with which Labor has generally found and given support, has also increased its numbers. If we include A. W. Neili^ Henri Bourassa and Agnes MacPhail (who almost always voted with Labor) with the eleven candidates of the United Farmers of Alberta. there is a' block of seventeen members whose ability, aggressiveness and honesty of purpose, including, of course, their desire to keep clear of old party entanglements, that will make a very formidable group in the next parliament. In Winnipeg, J. S. Woodsworth was re-elected with a majority of over 3,000. A. A. Heaps was reelected in spite of the three-cornered contest. Two other Labor candidates in Manitoba were defeated. [Alberts. Makes Good Showing Alberta is the one bright spot in the election contest. The United Farmers of Alberta, with twelve oan- "ffidatesTin T;he**fiel<J, succeeded iiTget- ting eleven, elected. Besides this, they endorsed and supported Adshead in Calgary East. The Labor Party in turn supported and endorsed the U. F. A. candidates in Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Edson (Peace River). Wm. Irvine, who was formerly Labor ' M.P. for Calgary East, was adopted by the Wetaskiwin U. F. A. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen ajnd can be again depended upon to give his whole-heart- , ed support to the Labor group. The Canadian Labor Party only had'two I candidates in the field in Albert…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0438992
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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