Ginger Group
The Ginger Group was not a formal political party in
Members of Parliament who advocated socialism. The term ginger group
also refers to a small group with new, radical ideas trying to act as a catalyst within a larger body.
The Ginger Group split with the Progressive Party in 1924 when Progressive leader
Abraham Albert Heaps and Angus MacInnis, independent MP Joseph Tweed Shaw and Progressive MPs Milton Neil Campbell, William John Ward, William Charles Good, and Preston Elliott.[1][2][3]
Members of the Ginger Group played a role in forming the
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1932, with Woodsworth becoming the new party's leader.[1]
The only sitting United Farmers of Alberta who did not join the CCF at its founding was William Thomas Lucas, who ran for re-election unsuccessfully as a Conservative in 1935.
The name Ginger Group was also used to refer to a group of
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8886-2237-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-5502-8326-6.
- ^ a b "Ginger Group". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada. 2015-03-04.
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