David Lewis (ɗan siyasa na Kanada)

A cikin Agusta 1938, Lewis ya bar aikinsa a kamfanin lauyoyi na Ottawa na Smart da Biggar don yin cikakken lokaci a matsayin Sakatare na Kasa na CCF. Albashin sa na farawa shine $1,200 a kowace shekara, kuɗi kaɗan, har ma a lokacin, don aiki mai nauyi. 

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 1962–1971: Dan Majalisa na York ta Kudu 
Kwanaki biyu bayan kammala babban taron kafa jam’iyyar NDP a shekarar 1961, Tommy Douglas ya rubuta wa Sophie Lewis, matar David wasika, inda ya shaida mata cewa dole David ya tsaya takara a zabe mai zuwa.  Lewis ya yanke shawarar yin takara a gidansa na hawan York South, wanda aka gudanar a lokaci guda a lardi, a Majalisar Dokoki ta Ontario, ta shugaban NDP na Ontario, Donald C. MacDonald .

Dole ne gwamnatin Diefenbaker ta kira zabe a wani lokaci a cikin 1962, don haka akwai lokacin da za a tsara yakin neman zaben Lewis. Yana da manajojin yakin neman zabe guda biyu: dansa Stephen da Gerry Caplan.  Ɗaya daga cikin manyan dabarunsu shine samun kuri'u a cikin matsugunan Yahudawa masu wadata a ƙauyen Tudun daji . Amma, jama'ar Yahudawa sun ɗauke Lewis a matsayin baƙo domin bai shiga al'amuran al'umma ba ko kuma yana cikin majami'a.  adawarsa ta farko ga kafa kasar Isra'ila, sakamakon siyasarsa ta Bundist, shi ma bai yi wa galibin al'ummar Sahayoniya dadi ba. Ya ɗauki ƙarin ƙoƙari akan sassan Stephen's da Caplan don shawo kan membobin al'umma cewa Dauda halaltaccen muryar Bayahude ne kuma ba zai cutar da kasuwancinsu ba.  Ya zo ne don tallafa wa kasar Isra'ila bayan Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta kada kuri'a don raba Palastinu a watan Mayu 1948.  Bayan juriya daga al'ummar Yahudawa, a matsayinsa na mataimakin shugaban jam'iyyar David Lewis ya fuskanci yajin aikin likitocin da ke gabatowa a Saskatchewan, sakamakon aiwatar da gwamnatin CCF na Medicare .  Ya kira likitocin lardin "masu baƙar fata" saboda ba da shawarar irin wannan yajin aikin.  Lewis kuma ya bayyana a ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wuraren talabijin na ƙasa na NDP.  Ya bayyana a gidan Talabijin na CTV na kasa tare da Walter Pitman don gabatar da tsarin NDP akan tattalin arzikin da aka tsara, a cikin watsa shirye-shiryen zabe irin na tattaunawa.  A ranar 18 ga Yuni, 1962, an zaɓi Lewis a Kudancin York, kuma a ƙarshe ya zama ɗan majalisa.  Tun lokacin da Tommy Douglas ya yi rashin nasara a wurin zama, an yi la'akari da Lewis a matsayin dan takara na gaba don zama jagoran gida har sai Douglas ya shiga gidan a zaben Oktoba. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1981
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1909