Charles Julius Mickle was a politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada

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. He was a provincial cabinet minister for three years, and on two occasions served as the leader of the Liberal Party

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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Mickle trained as a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. He practiced law in Ontario for ten years before moving to Manitoba. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature for the constituency of Birtle in the 1888 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1888

This was the seventh Manitoba general election and was held on July 11, 1888....

, as a supporter of Liberal Premier Thomas Greenway

Thomas Greenway

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. He was re-elected in the 1892 campaign

Manitoba general election, 1892

This was the eighth Manitoba general election and was held on July 23, 1892....

, and won by acclamation in 1896

Manitoba general election, 1896

This was the ninth Manitoba general election and was held on January 15, 1896....

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In November 1896, Mickle entered Greenway's cabinet as Provincial Secretary

Provincial Secretary (Manitoba)

The position of Provincial Secretary was particularly important in Manitoba from 1870 to 1874, as that province's institutions were being established. The province had no Premier during this period, and its Lieutenant-Governor acted as the de facto leaders of government...

. He held this position until the resignation of the Greenway ministry in January 1900. The Liberals had narrowly lost the election of 1899

Manitoba general election, 1899

This was the tenth Manitoba general election and was held on December 7, 1899....

, although Mickle was re-elected in Birtle.

Mickle was also one of only nine Liberals to be re-elected in the party's electoral debacle of 1903

Manitoba general election, 1903

Manitoba's general election of July 20, 1903 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a second consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, now led by Premier Rodmond Palen Roblin...

. The party won only nine seats, but Mickle scored a surprisingly easy victory (584 votes to 293) over Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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 John Leich. When Greenway re-entered federal politics in 1904, Mickle was chosen to replace him as parliamentary leader.

Mickle served as the de facto party leader until March 28, 1906, when a provincial Liberal convention acclaimed Edward Brown

Edward Brown (Manitoba politician)

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 for the position. Brown was unable to win a seat in the election which followed

Manitoba general election, 1907

Manitoba's general election of March 7, 1907 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a third consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Palen Roblin...

, and Mickle was again chosen as parliamentary leader in January 1908. He left politics in 1909, having been appointed a County Court Judge.