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	J. S. Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Shaver Woodsworth (July 29, 1874 – March 21, 1942) was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement.
		The oldest of six children, Woodsworth was born in Applewood Farm, near Toronto, Ontario, to Esther and James Woodsworth.
		J.S. Woodsworth is regarded as a seminal influence on Canadian social policy, and many of the social concepts he pioneered are represented in contemporary programs such as social assistance and medicare, which are held as fundamentally important across the Canadian political spectrum today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Shaver_Woodsworth (1602 words)

	Woodsworth, James Shaver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Woodsworth was a follower of Social Gospel, a social reform movement in the church.
		In 1919 Woodsworth arrived in Winnipeg at the height of the General Strike.
		In Parliament, Woodsworth joined with a small group called the Ginger Group, composed of radical farm and labour members of Parliament.
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	J. S. Woodsworth -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		James Shaver Woodsworth (July 29, 1874 – March 21, 1942) was a pioneer in the (A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) Canadian (additional info and facts about social democratic) social democratic movement.
		Woodsworth briefly returned to British Columbia in 1920, to campaign as a Federated Labour Party candidate in (A port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city) Vancouver.
		These events were instrumental in establishing Woodsworth's credentials with the (An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement)) labor movement and in propelling him to a twenty-year tenure in public office.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/j/j._s._woodsworth.htm (1770 words)

	Woodsworth, James Shaver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Woodsworth, James Shaver, Methodist minister, social worker, politician (b at Etobicoke, Ont 29 July 1874; d at Vancouver 21 Mar 1942).
		In June 1919 Woodsworth was arrested in Winnipeg and charged with seditious libel for editorials written during the WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE.
		For Woodsworth the tragedy of the Depression was increasingly overshadowed by the impending horror of WWII and he gave his attention to Canada's international position.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0008704 (863 words)

	J. S. Woodsworth - TheBestLinks.com - James Shaver Woodsworth, Australia, British Columbia, Canada, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		James Shaver Woodsworth (1874 - 1942) was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement.
		James Woodsworth was a moral and political pioneer in Canadian social consciousness, and he forced Canadians to examine their own personal beliefs and values.
		Woodsworth's memory is held in great respect in Canada, although even the party he founded, today called the New Democratic Party, has largely abandoned his idealistic vision of a socialist Canada.
	www.thebestlinks.com /James_Shaver_Woodsworth.html (1611 words)

	About J. S. Woodsworth
		James Shaver Woodsworth was born in Ontario in 1874.
		Woodsworth never readily accepted the institutional church, disappointed in the church's lack of commitment to social justice.
		Woodsworth's writings attracted the attention of social reformers across the country, and in 1913 he left Winnipeg to become Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League for all of the western provinces.
	www.ccsonline.ca /About/jswoodsworth.htm (615 words)

	James Shaver Woodsworth Biography / Biography of James Shaver Woodsworth Biography
		Woodsworth's increasing involvement in secular approaches to social reforms and the confirmation of his pacifist views during World War I deepened his longstanding doubts about the doctrines of Methodism, and he resigned from the ministry in 1918.
		Woodsworth was the key figure in securing the cooperation of urban and agrarian reformers within the new party.
		Woodsworth was neither a great orator nor an outstanding party politician, but his integrity and passionate sincerity made him a powerful figure, and even his opponents sometimes paid him tribute as "a saint in politics." The CCF won seven seats in the federal election of 1935 and eight in 1940.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-james-shaver-woodsworth (690 words)

	Woodsworth - Sask New Democrats
		James Shaver Woodsworth's lifetime of work affected the life of every Canadian during his career as a church minister, as a social worker and as a Member of Parliament.
		Woodsworth returned to Canada in July, 1900 and went on to Brandon Manitoba where on August 26, he was ordained as a Methodist minister.
		Woodsworth was elected to Parliament in the federal election of 1921 as the member for Winnipeg North Centre.
	www.saskndp.com /history/woodsworth.html (2001 words)

	Centre for Christian Studies
		The Centre purchased Woodsworth House from the Woodsworth Historical Society in 1998, with a commitment to keep the Woodsworth name and to continue to display photographs of Woodsworth and reminders of his commitment to the social gospel and social justice.
		The house was the base of operations for James Shaver Woodsworth in his manifold social and political concerns.
		Woodsworth was a Methodist minister and an exponent of the social gospel and pacifism.
	www.ccsonline.ca /About/woodsworth.htm (396 words)

	Applewood Shaver House - History
		In this house, in 1874, she gave birth to James Shaver Woodsworth who would go on to become a parliamentarian, founder of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and a social reformer who coerced the MacKenzie-King government into introducing Old Age Pensions, Unemployment Insurance and Family Allowance.
		The young James Shaver Woodsworth trained for the Methodist ministry and, in 1898, he entered Victoria College in Toronto where he met his future wife, Lucy Staples.
		In 1974 James Shaver Woodsworth’s name was chosen to commemorate Woodsworth College at the University of Toronto and this facility is devoted to part-time students.
	www.applewoodshaverhouse.org /history.html (541 words)

	Historic Authors: James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942)
		Although his involvement in the Winnipeg General Strike was minimal, his strike work and his subsequent arrest made Woodsworth's reputation among supporters of labour, and he was elected to Parliament from Winnipeg North Centre in 1921 as an Independent Labour candidate, serving the riding until his death.
		Woodsworth was involved in the creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and became House Leader of the seven CCF members elected to Ottawa in 1935.
		The Woodsworth Papers are in the NAC, although there are some papers at PAM.
	www.mbwriter.mb.ca /mapindex/w_profiles/hist_woodsworth.html (399 words)

	j s woodsworth
		James Shaver Woodsworth (29 July 1874 - 21 March 1942), Canadian socialist leader, was born in Etobicoke, near Toronto, Ontario, the son of a Methodist minister.
		Woodsworth returned to Winnipeg in May 1919 to support the general strike which had broken out there.
		In 1921 Woodsworth was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Winnipeg North Centre.
	www.fact-library.com /j__s__woodsworth.html (649 words)

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	PL-1345 James Shaver Woodsworth - Province of Manitoba \| General Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		PL-1345 James Shaver Woodsworth - Province of Manitoba
		Parliamentarian and Methodist minister, J.S. Woodsworth was born at Etobicoke, Ontario, and raised in Portage la Prairie and Brandon.
		Woodsworth was an exponent of the social gospel and pacifism, and championed trade unions and democratic socialism.
	www.gov.mb.ca /chc/hrb/plaques/plaq1345.html (158 words)

	Welcome to the Woodsworth College Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Woodsworth College is the largest college in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.
		J.S. Woodsworth was a minister by training but is best remembered as an advocate for social justice, Member of Parliament and one of the founders of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), forerunner of the New Democratic Party.
		Woodsworth College is located at 119 St. George Street, conveniently close to the St. George Subway station.
	www.jp-web.net /sample/woods/welcome.htm (191 words)

	A new brand of Canadian social democracy - Tommy Douglas and the NDP - CBC Archives
		Woodsworth, an ardent pacifist and social democrat crusader, is stirring up talk with his radical political platform as Canada continues to struggle through the Depression.
		The charges against Woodsworth were dropped but he was subsequently deemed a hero of the people and began organizing the Manitoba Independent Labour Party.
		Woodsworth was elected leader of the party in 1933.
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		Woodsworth briefly edited the "Strike Bulletin" of the "Western Labour News," was arrested and charged with seditious libel.
		Woodsworth’s role in the strike had been minor but established a firm reputation for him among supporters of labour.
		Woodsworth resigned from the leadership of the party and in spite of his position on the War was reelected to Parliament in 1940.
	www.marxists.org /glossary/people/w/o.htm (1492 words)

	Douglas-Coldwell Foundation - Federal NDP Leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Among those pioneers was James Shaver Woodsworth who was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, in 1874 and moved with his family in 1885 to Brandon, Manitoba, where his father was Superintendent of Methodist missions in Western Canada.
		The young Woodsworth was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1896 and spent two years as a circuit preacher in Manitoba before going to study at Victoria College in Toronto and Oxford University in England.
		Observing industrial capitalism in Canada and Britain and its failure to meet the needs of working people, Woodsworth came to the view that personal salvation did nothing to right great social and economic wrongs that were so evident in the first decades of the twentieth century.
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	Directory - Regional: North America: Canada: Society and Culture: History: Personages and Biography: Woodsworth, James ...
		James Shaver Woodsworth: The Early Years · Biographical article by Joanna Sanders.
		Woodsworth, James Shaver (1874-1942) · iweb · Biographical article fabout the Methodist minister, social worker and politician from the Canadian Encylopedia)
		James Shaver Woodsworth · Essay on the first leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.
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	J.S Woodsworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although he worked as a minister for several years, Woodsworth, never readily accepted the institutional church, and in 1907 he resigned his comission to pursue a more radical version of the Social Gospel.
		In the end he was persuaded to remain with the church, but returned to work with the poor as superintendent of the All Peoples Mission on Stella Avenue in Winnipeg's North End.
		Frustrated by what he perceived to be the inadequacy of the Methodist church's position on social issues, he left it altogether in 1918 and began to tour as a speaker and advocate for working people.
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	Leadership Conventions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		James Shaver Woodsworth was unanimously elected temporary president (leader) at the founding meeting of the C.C.F., at Calgary, on 1 August 1932; there were 105 delegates present.
		Woodsworth was unanimously elected president (leader) of the C.C.F.; 131 delegates were present.
		Major James William Coldwell was unanimoulsly elected C.C.F. president (leader), at Toronto, in July 1942.
	www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/related/Parties/LeaderConv.asp?lang=E¶m=4 (125 words)

	School Work on James Shaver Woodsworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		J. Woodsworth was born in Ontario in 1874.
		Woodsworth was also arrested, but in the end, the charges were never prosecuted.
		With the events of 1919 firmly established Woodsworth as a powerful supporter for working people, and in the years that followed, he became increasingly dedicated to creating a better society, and became a confirmed socialist.
	www.123schoolwork.com /show_essay/200214.html (139 words)

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		J.S. Among them were James Shaver Woodsworth who was born in Etobicoke, Ontario in 1874 and moved to Brandon, Manitoba in 1885 where his father was superintendent of Methodist missions in Western Canada.
		The young Woodsworth was ordained in 1896 and spent two years as a Methodist circuit preacher in Manitoba before further studies at Victoria College in Toronto and at Oxford.
		With a platform modelled on that of the British Labour Party, the ILP succeeded in electing Woodsworth to the House of Commons in 1921 for the riding of Winnipeg North Centre.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /ip/government/fedelect/nat/ndp/about/brief.history (2587 words)

	J.S. Woodsworth
		James Shaver Woodsworth, the "conscience of Canada," helped create Canada's social-security system.
		Born in Etobicoke, Ontario in 1874, J.S. Woodsworth was educated at Victoria College and Oxford University.
		In 1926, Woodsworth realized his lifelong ambition when he and fellow Labour Party MP A.A. Heaps guaranteed Prime Minister Mackenzie King a coalition government in return for Mackenzie King's creation of Canada's Old-Age Pension plan.
	www.histori.ca /minutes/minute.do?id=10201 (323 words)

	Woodsworth College - TheBestLinks.com - University of Toronto, 1942, 1974, 1874, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Woodsworth College - TheBestLinks.com - University of Toronto, 1942, 1974, 1874,...
		Woodsworth College, named after James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942), a politician and clergyman, is a college within the University of Toronto.
		Since 2000, Woodsworth has embarked on 'direct entry,' where students are accepted directly from high school.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Woodsworth_College.html (175 words)

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