Edward (Ted) Bigelow Jolliffe (1909-1998) was a Canadian politician and lawyer and was the first leader of the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Born to missionary parents, Jolliffe was home-schooled in China by his mother until his early teens. He subsequently attended the University of Toronto and then Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar at Christ Church. He became a socialist and joined the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation shortly after it was formed in 1932. 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ... College name Christ Church Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister College Trinity College Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR President William Dorsey Undergraduates 426 MCR or GCR President {{{MCR President}}} Graduates 154 Home page Boat Club Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... The Cooperative 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 as well as the League for Social Reconstruction. ...

He was a candidate in the 1935 Canadian election in the Toronto riding of St. Paul's, placing fourth, and ran in the 1940 election in York East, placing third. The Canadian parliament after the 1935 election The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ... This article refers to the Canadian electoral district, for other uses see St. ... The Canadian parliament after the 1940 election The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. ... York East was the name of three federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons at different times and of a provincial district and located in the province of Ontario. ...

He became the first leader of the Ontario CCF in 1942 and took it to within five seats of victory with 34 seats and 32% of the vote in the election of 1943 that elected a Conservative minority government under George Drew. In the 1945 Ontario election, Drew ran an anti-Semitic, union bashing, Red-baiting campaign. Jolliffe replied by giving a radio speech (written by Lister Sinclair) that accused Drew of running a political gestapo in Ontario. Jolliffe alleged that a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police was acting as a political police spying on the opposition and the media. This accusation led to a backlash, and loss of support for the CCF (from 34 seats to 8), including the loss of Jolliffe's own seat of York South, in the election. In the 1970s, archival evidence was discovered proving the charge. ^{[citation needed]} 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... The Ontario general election of 1943 was held on August 4, 1943, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... 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. ... Colonel The Honourable George Alexander Drew, PC , CC , QC (May 7, 1894 - January 4, 1973) was a Canadian conservative politician who founded a Progressive Conservative dynasty in Ontario that lasted 42 years. ... The Ontario general election of 1945 was held to elect the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lister S. Sinclair, OC, MA , LL.D (1921 - October 16, 2006) was a Canadian broadcaster and playwright. ... The Deaths Head emblem similar to skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei; Secret State Police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... The Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) is the provincial police force for the province of Ontario, Canada. ... York South was the name of an electoral district or riding used for electing members to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. ...

Jolliffe faced a leadership challenge in 1946, but was re-elected CCF leader. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

As a result of the 1948 Ontario election, the CCF recovered, winning 21 seats. Jolliffe again became Leader of the Opposition in Ontario and Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for York South. In 1951, however, as a result of the Cold War and the "red scare", the CCF and labour movement acted to purge individuals (including CCF MPP Bob Carlin) suspected of being under Communist influence. Among the general public, support for socialism suffered: the CCF was reduced to only two seats in the 1951 election. Jolliffe lost his own seat and resigned as party leader in 1953. The Ontario general election of 1948 was held to elect the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... For other uses, please see Cold War (disambiguation). ... Political cartoon of the era depicting an anarchist attempting to destroy the Statue of Liberty. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... The Ontario general election of 1951 was held to elect the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

He returned to his previous career as a labour lawyer, founding the firm Jolliffe, Lewis and Osler with fellow CCF activist and future York South Member of Parliament David Lewis. In the 1950s and 1960s, the firm assisted the Steelworkers union in their fight with the Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers union in Sudbury, Ontario.In the later years of his life he was active as an adjudicator for Canada Post. 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. ... David Lewis, CC , MA (June 23, 1909-May 23, 1981) was a Russian-born Canadian labour lawyer and politician. ... The United Steel Workers of America (USWA) claims over 1. ... The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) was a radical labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mine fields of the western United States. ... Greater Sudbury (2001 census population 155,219) is a city in Northern Ontario. ...

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External link

Ted Jolliffe and the CCF Breakthrough in Ontario, A History of the NDP