Edward McCullough
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Edward George McCullough (28 May 1909 - 17 June 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
and became a farmer.
He was first elected at the Assiniboia
riding in the 1945 general election
. In the 1949 election
McCullough became a candidate at Moose Mountain
but was defeated by John James Smith
of the Liberal party
. McCullough unseated Smith there in the 1953 election
then was re-elected for another term in 1957
. McCullough was defeated in 1958
by Richard Southam
of the Progressive Conservative party
. McCullough was also unsuccessful in unseating Southam in the 1962 election
, under the New Democratic Party
to which the CCF was renamed by that time.
Edward George McCullough (28 May 1909 - 17 June 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
and became a farmer.
He was first elected at the Assiniboia
riding in the 1945 general election
. In the 1949 election
McCullough became a candidate at Moose Mountain
but was defeated by John James Smith
of the Liberal party
. McCullough unseated Smith there in the 1953 election
then was re-elected for another term in 1957
. McCullough was defeated in 1958
by Richard Southam
of the Progressive Conservative party
. McCullough was also unsuccessful in unseating Southam in the 1962 election
, under the New Democratic Party
to which the CCF was renamed by that time.
Edward George McCullough (28 May 1909 - 17 June 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
and became a farmer.
He was first elected at the Assiniboia
riding in the 1945 general election
. In the 1949 election
McCullough became a candidate at Moose Mountain
but was defeated by John James Smith
of the Liberal party
. McCullough unseated Smith there in the 1953 election
then was re-elected for another term in 1957
. McCullough was defeated in 1958
by Richard Southam
of the Progressive Conservative party
. McCullough was also unsuccessful in unseating Southam in the 1962 election
, under the New Democratic Party
to which the CCF was renamed by that time.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. It is best known as a retirement and tourist city that serves as a hub to the hundreds of small towns...
and became a farmer.
He was first elected at the Assiniboia
Assiniboia (electoral district)
Assiniboia was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905...
riding in the 1945 general election
Canadian federal election, 1945
The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada...
. In the 1949 election
Canadian federal election, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...
McCullough became a candidate at Moose Mountain
Moose Mountain (electoral district)
Moose Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1968.This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Assiniboia, Qu’Appelle and Weyburn ridings...
but was defeated by John James Smith
John James Smith
John James Smith was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Storthoaks, Saskatchewan, Canada, he was educated at Fertile, Saskatchewan and became a farmer by career.Smith became reeve of Storthoaks No...
of the Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
. McCullough unseated Smith there in the 1953 election
Canadian federal election, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...
then was re-elected for another term in 1957
Canadian federal election, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...
. McCullough was defeated in 1958
Canadian federal election, 1958
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...
by Richard Southam
Richard Southam
Richard Russell Southam was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the riding of Moose Mountain then the newly created riding of Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan. June 1957, Southam lost to Edward George McCullough in the Moose Mountain riding...
of the Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
. McCullough was also unsuccessful in unseating Southam in the 1962 election
Canadian federal election, 1962
The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada...
, under the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
to which the CCF was renamed by that time.
Edward George McCullough (28 May 1909 - 17 June 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. It is best known as a retirement and tourist city that serves as a hub to the hundreds of small towns...
and became a farmer.
He was first elected at the Assiniboia
Assiniboia (electoral district)
Assiniboia was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905...
riding in the 1945 general election
Canadian federal election, 1945
The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada...
. In the 1949 election
Canadian federal election, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...
McCullough became a candidate at Moose Mountain
Moose Mountain (electoral district)
Moose Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1968.This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Assiniboia, Qu’Appelle and Weyburn ridings...
but was defeated by John James Smith
John James Smith
John James Smith was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Storthoaks, Saskatchewan, Canada, he was educated at Fertile, Saskatchewan and became a farmer by career.Smith became reeve of Storthoaks No...
of the Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
. McCullough unseated Smith there in the 1953 election
Canadian federal election, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...
then was re-elected for another term in 1957
Canadian federal election, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...
. McCullough was defeated in 1958
Canadian federal election, 1958
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...
by Richard Southam
Richard Southam
Richard Russell Southam was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the riding of Moose Mountain then the newly created riding of Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan. June 1957, Southam lost to Edward George McCullough in the Moose Mountain riding...
of the Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
. McCullough was also unsuccessful in unseating Southam in the 1962 election
Canadian federal election, 1962
The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada...
, under the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
to which the CCF was renamed by that time.
Edward George McCullough (28 May 1909 - 17 June 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. It is best known as a retirement and tourist city that serves as a hub to the hundreds of small towns...
and became a farmer.
He was first elected at the Assiniboia
Assiniboia (electoral district)
Assiniboia was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905...
riding in the 1945 general election
Canadian federal election, 1945
The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada...
. In the 1949 election
Canadian federal election, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...
McCullough became a candidate at Moose Mountain
Moose Mountain (electoral district)
Moose Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1968.This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Assiniboia, Qu’Appelle and Weyburn ridings...
but was defeated by John James Smith
John James Smith
John James Smith was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Storthoaks, Saskatchewan, Canada, he was educated at Fertile, Saskatchewan and became a farmer by career.Smith became reeve of Storthoaks No...
of the Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
. McCullough unseated Smith there in the 1953 election
Canadian federal election, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...
then was re-elected for another term in 1957
Canadian federal election, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...
. McCullough was defeated in 1958
Canadian federal election, 1958
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...
by Richard Southam
Richard Southam
Richard Russell Southam was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the riding of Moose Mountain then the newly created riding of Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan. June 1957, Southam lost to Edward George McCullough in the Moose Mountain riding...
of the Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
. McCullough was also unsuccessful in unseating Southam in the 1962 election
Canadian federal election, 1962
The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada...
, under the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
to which the CCF was renamed by that time.