Robert Forke

Robert Forke (April 6, 1860 – February 2, 1934) was a Canadian politican. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Brandon in 1921. In 1922, he replaced Thomas Crerar as leader of the Progressive Party of Canada. Jump to: navigation, search April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Brandon was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Manitoba. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Alexander Crerar (June 17, 1876-April 11, 1975) was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short lived Progressive Party of Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. ...

Following the 1926 election of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Forke resigned as House Leader in order to sit in the Privy Council. He subsequently served as Minister of Immigration and Colonization in the Liberal government from 1926-1929 (an informal pact existed between the Liberals and Progressives). The Canadian federal election of 1926 was called following an event known as the King_Byng Affair. ... The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC , LL.B , Ph. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ...

At the age of sixty nine, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate under the "Liberal-Progressive" party banner. He served in the Senate from 1929-1934. The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... Liberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1926 and 1953. ...

External links

• Political biography from the Library of Parliament
• An article containing primary documents relating to Robert Forke