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James Shaver Woodsworth

James Shaver Woodsworth is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg · location approximate

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Parliamentarian and Methodist minister, J.S. Woodsworth was born at Etobicoke, Ontario, and raised in Portage la Prairie and Brandon. He was educated at Wesley College and the universities of Toronto and Oxford. Ordained in 1900, Woodsworth served his church in sorthwestern Manitoba missions and in Winnipeg. In 1907 he became the superintendent of Winnipeg's All People's Mission, where he worked on behalf of the immigrant poor until 1913. Woodsworth was an exponent of the social gospel and pacifism, and championed trade unions and democratic socialism. He was arrested for his participation in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North Centre, 1921–42, he was a founder and the first leader of the Co-operative Comonwealth Federation. Woodsworth lived at this location from time to time between 1909 and 1942. More than any other Canadian, he transformed the nation, introducing the politics of collective concern for the individual in a society collectively organized.

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Né à Etobicoke, Ontario, J.S. Woodsworth, ministre méthodiste et député fédéral fut élevé à Portage-la-Prairie et à Brandon. Il fit ses études au Wesley College et aux universités de Toronto et d'Oxford. Ordonné en 1900, Woodsworth exerça son ministère à Winnipeg et dans les missions du sud-ouest manitobain. De 1907 à 1913, il fut surintendant de la All Peoples' Mission de Winnipeg, où il oeuvra pour le bien des immigrants pauvres. Woodsworth prônait le pacifisme et l'évangélisme social. Il défendait les droits du syndicat-ouvrier et du socialisme démocratique. En 1919, il fut arrêté pour avoir participé à la grève générale de Winnipeg. Député fédéral de la circonscription of Winnipeg-Nord-Centre de 1921 à 1942, il fonda la Co-operative Commonwealth Federation et en devint son premier directeur. Woodsworth a habité à cet endroit de façon intermittente entre 1909 et 1942. Plus qu n'importe quel autre Canadien, il a transformé la nation en établissant pour celui qui doit vivre dans une société collective, une politique visant le bien-être collectif.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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