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Tommy Douglas

1904 - 1986

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Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. His government introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Douglas is the 15,458th most popular politician (down from 14,754th in 2019), the 4,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,710th in 2019) and the 537th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Tommy Douglas ranks 15,458 out of 19,576Before him are Wallace Fard Muhammad, Hoshyar Zebari, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, José Tomás Ovalle, and Heide Simonis. After him are Massasoit, Masrour Barzani, Jean-Marie Doré, C. E. Ruthenberg, Duncan Hunter, and Sarduri IV.

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Among people born in 1904, Tommy Douglas ranks 274Before him are Alfred Bohrmann, Carmelo Camet, Semyon Ignatyev, Henry Johansen, August Jakobson, and August Heim. After him are Humberto Elgueta, Giorgio La Pira, Edgar Moon, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Roberto Figueroa. Among people deceased in 1986, Tommy Douglas ranks 229Before him are Lya Lys, Joyce Mansour, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, Olaf Hoffsbakken, David Hand, and Robert A. Lovett. After him are Richard Manuel, Susan Cabot, Felipe Rosas, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Ramón Alberto Villaverde, and Samuel Zauber.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Douglas ranks 4,246 out of 8,785Before him are Harry Ryan (1893), Mal Evans (1935), George Grove (1820), Nicholas Ridley (1500), William Garbutt (1883), and Roger Hargreaves (1935). After him are Pete Doherty (1979), Ivor Novello (1893), Ian Charleson (1949), Richard Meade (1938), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), and Thomas Love Peacock (1785).

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