death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater constituency death_place leader profession term_start image name caption predecessor birth_place president alongside party office successor religion article_title
09 june 1997 18 june 1908 1990 1981 1972 1958 1984 1958 1962 1942 brandon college united college university of manitoba winnipeg north centre winnipeg north centre ottawa , ontario tommy lewis major james coldwell hazen argue douglas david lewis ed broadbent tommy douglas david clergyman 1970 1962 1962 1944 1962 1942 1958 1941 stanley knowles.jpg stanley knowles knowles in the 1940s maitland gordon g. cushing steinkopf tommy douglas john maclean j. s. woodsworth los angeles , california andrew '' tyler john mallea claude jodoin l. dulmage harold j. perkins e.j. `` curly william dodge new -rrb- co-operative commonwealth federation -lrb- 1935 & ndash ; 1961 democratic -rrb- party -lrb- 1961 & ndash ; 1997 2nd leader new democratic party whip co-operative commonwealth federation whip member chancellor of the house of commons of canada executive vice president of of the canadian labour congress member of the winnipeg city brandon council university new democratic party house ronald john maclean joe morris d. bell ian deans tommy douglas cyril keeper united church of canada stanley knowles

stanley knowles

stanley howard knowles , -lrb- june 18 , 1908 -- june 9 , 1997 -rrb- was a canadian parliamentarian .
knowles represented the riding of winnipeg north centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the co-operative commonwealth federation -lrb- ccf -rrb- and again from 1962 to 1984 representing the ccf 's successor , the new democratic party -lrb- ndp -rrb- .
knowles was widely regarded and respected as the foremost expert on parliamentary procedure in canada , and served as the ccf and ndp house leader for decades .
he was also a leading advocate of social justice , and was largely responsible for persuading the governments to increase old age security benefits and for the introduction of the canada pension plan , as well as other features of the welfare state .
