The Progressive Party of Manitoba was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba, an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I. A successor to the province's Grain Grower's Association, the UFM represented the interests of farmers frustrated with traditional political parties. Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy. ... Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard...

Unlike the United Farmers of Alberta, the UFM never made any serious effort to cooperate with the labour politicians. The Winnipeg General Strike was unpopular among farmers, and the UFM was not generally regarded as friendly to labour. The United Farmers of Alberta was founded in 1909 as a lobby organization representing the interests of farmers. ... Crowd gathered outside old City Hall during the Winnipeg General Strike, June 21, 1919 The Winnipeg General Strike was Canadas most influential labour protest. ...

A number of "farmer candidates" ran in Manitoba's provincial election of 1920. They were not an organized group, and had no pretensions of forming government; nevertheless, twelve of these candidates were elected -- eight as supporters of the UFM, and four as independents. Had the UFM run a united campaign, it probably would have won the election.

The Independent-Farmer's Party was formed to represent the victorious candidates in the parliament which followed. This was never intended to be a permanent political organization, and dissolved when parliament broke up in 1922. The group's leader was William Robson, who did not seek re-election thereafter. William Robson (October 3, 1864 - ?) was a Manitoba politician, and the leader of that provinces Independent-Farmers in 1921 and 1922. ...

The United Farmers of Manitoba officially entered politics in 1921, and ran an organized campaign in 1922. Despite having a limited campaign budget and no leader, and only running candidates in two-thirds of the province's ridings, they won the election. The UFM subsequently asked Professor John Bracken to head the party and become Premier. Once in government, Bracken's followers identified themselves as the Progressive Party of Manitoba, maintaining an affiliation with the UFM. This page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. ... The Honourable Professor John Bracken, PC (June 22, 1883-March 18, 1969) was an agronomist, Premier of Manitoba (1922-1943) and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942-1948). ... A premier is an executive official of government. ...

Bracken was a political outsider, and gave the party the technocratic credentials that it desired. The UFM supported the fading away of older political parties, to be replaced by a more "management-centred" approach to government. In later years, the Progressive Party would advocate "non-partisan government" for the province, via a series of alliances with other parties.

In 1928, the United Farmers of Manitoba decided to withdraw from politics and concentrate on being a service and lobbying organization. It later became the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture. Part of the reason for separating the Progressive Party from the UFM was the perception that the government had a narrow base representing only farmers, rather than all Manitobans. The United Farmers movement in Canada rose to prominence after World War I with the failure of the wartime Union government to alter a tariff structure that hurt farmers, various farmers movements across Canada became more radical and entered the political arena. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14...

Prior to the 1932 elections, Bracken's Progressives formed an alliance with the Manitoba Liberal Party. This occurred on the urging of federal Liberal leader William Lyon Mackenzie King, who was concerned that the Conservatives could form government in the province. The "Liberal-Progressives" were able to win a majority, and maintained their alliance after the election. Eventually, they would become a single party. The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. ... William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, LL.B, Ph. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada. ... In the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. ...

The Liberal-Progressive government was reduced to a minority in 1936. When early plans to bring the Conservatives into government failed, Bracken required support from the province's five Social Credit MLAs to continue. A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when no political party has won a majority of seats in the parliament, typically by the party that does have a plurality. ... The Canadian social credit movement was a Canadian political movement originally based on the Social Credit theory of Major C. H. Douglas. ... A Legislative Assembly in some parts of the Commonwealth refers to a legislature, or a chamber of the legislature. ...

In government, the Progressives were fiscally cautious. With the onset of the Great Depression, however, the government attempted to deal with unemployment by fostering a 'back to the land' movement, giving resettlement grants to move the unemployed from cities and town to the countryside. Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn which started in 1929 (although its effects were not fully felt until late in 1930) and lasted through most of the 1930s. ...

In 1940, Bracken formed a wartime coalition government which included the Liberal-Progressives, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Social Credit, and Conservatives. In 1942, Bracken left provincial politics to take over the leadership of what became the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) (In French: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ...

Stuart S. Garson took over as leader of the party and Premier, and was himself replaced by Douglas Lloyd Campbell in 1948. Stuart Sinclair Garson (December 1, 1898-May 5, 1977) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... For others named Douglas Campbell see Douglas Campbell (disambiguation) Douglas Lloyd Campbell (May 27, 1895-April 23, 1995) was a Manitoba politician. ...

The CCF left the coalition in 1943. The Conservatives had re-named their party the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba due to the change in name of the federal party, and despite not having any link with the Progressives. The Conservatives left the coalition in 1950 due to dissatisfaction with Campbell's leadership. The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada. ...

Although the leadership of the party remained dominated by Progressives, the government was commonly referred to as "Liberal" during the 1940s and 1950s. Dufferin Roblin's Progressive Conservatives swept to victory of 1958. The Liberal-Progressives the party formally became known as the Manitoba Liberal Party in 1961. Dufferin Roblin, PC (born June 17, 1917) is a Canadian businessman and politician. ... The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. ...

In March 1981, former Manitoba NDP cabinet minister Sidney Green started a new provincial organization, also called the Progressive Party. This was initially an "alternative left" group, though it later incorporated elements of the radical (but not extreme) right. It had no formal connection to the earlier Progressive Party, although it received support from Douglas Campbell in 1988. Sidney Green (August 1, 1929-) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... The Progressive Party of Manitoba was a political party in Manitoba, Canada which existed from 1981 to 1995. ... For others named Douglas Campbell see Douglas Campbell (disambiguation) Douglas Lloyd Campbell (May 27, 1895-April 23, 1995) was a Manitoba politician. ...

See also

• List of political parties in Canada
• Progressive Party of Canada

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