Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 17%
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Birth | 17 April 1870 → 154 years + 1 month ago |
Lived | 85 years + 9 months |
First mandate | 29 June 1920 → 103 years + 10 months ago ↳ at age 50 years + 2 months |
Death | 13 February 1956 → 68 years + 3 months ago |
Exit → Death | 33 years + 6 months after 17 July 1922 |
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George Armstrong (1870–1956) © Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain |
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Armstrong was one of the three convicted criminals (for his involvement in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919) who was elected in the 1920 Manitoba general election. He was still in prison when elected as one of the MLAs for Winnipeg, representing the Socialist Party of Canada (Manitoba). |
Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||
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Manitoba | 2 | 0 | 17 | Z |
Races | 6 | |
Path points | 6 |
69 documented challengers | |
⊖ Victor Anderson m ⊖ Constantine Andrusyshen m ⊖ Beatrice A. Brigden f ⊖ George Chipman m ⊖ Richard W. Craig m ⊖ Fred Dixon m (4 runoffs) ⊖ John Downes m ⊖ Árni Eggertsson m ⊖ Seymour Farmer m (2 runoffs) ⊖ C.H. Forrester m ⊖ John Haig m (3 runoffs) ⊖ Martha J.R. Hample f ⊖ Albert Hermanson m ⊖ William Ivens m (3 runoffs) ⊖ Dickie Johns m ⊖ Clarence Keith m ⊖ Frederick Law m ⊖ James Lightfoot m ⊖ Jessie M.M. Maclennan f ⊖ Ralph Maybank m ⊖ John S. McDiarmid m ⊖ William Milton m ⊖ William Morden m (2 runoffs) ⊖ Thomas J. Murray m ⊖ William Parrish m ⊖ Matthew Popovitch m ⊖ George W. Prout m ⊖ John Queen m (3 runoffs) ⊖ Edith Rogers f (2 runoffs) ⊖ Robert B. Russell m ⊖ John Stovel m ⊖ Wesley Swail m ⊖ William Tobias m ⊖ William J. Tupper m (2 runoffs) ⊖ James Winning m |
⊖ A.J. Andrews m ⊖ James Barry m ⊖ Duncan Cameron m (3 runoffs) ⊖ William Christie m ⊖ Harriet S. Dick f ⊖ William Donovan m ⊖ Bernard Dubienski m ⊖ William S. Evans m (2 runoffs) ⊖ Edward Fisher m ⊖ Walter Fulton m ⊖ Glen Hamilton m ⊖ Hannes Marino Hannesson m ⊖ Marcus Hyman m ⊖ Robert Jacob m (2 runoffs) ⊖ Thomas Johnson m (2 runoffs) ⊖ Huntly Ketchen m ⊖ George Lawrence m ⊖ Robert Newton Lowery m ⊖ William Major m ⊖ Frederick McArthur m ⊖ Daniel McLean m ⊖ Edward W. Montgomery m ⊖ Leslie Morris m ⊖ Charles Newcombe m ⊖ Jacob Penner m ⊖ William A. Pritchard m ⊖ Arthur W. Puttee m ⊖ John Reid m ⊖ Frank Russell m ⊖ James Simpkin m ⊖ Arthur Sullivan m ⊖ Fred Tipping m ⊖ Walter H. Trueman m ⊖ Leo Warde m |
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Bilingual references are counted as a single reference. | Retrieved on | |
EN | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased Armstrong, George |
3 Feb 2024 |
FR | Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés Armstrong, George |
3 Feb 2024 |
EN | Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans George Armstrong (1870-1956) |
3 Feb 2024 |
EN | Wikipedia George Armstrong (Manitoba politician) |
3 Feb 2024 |