367:'s efforts to increase provincial old-age pensions, and again spoke in favour of electoral reform. His efforts resulted in the break-up of the 10-member city district of Winnipeg and its replacement by three four-member districts (although it was not necessary to break up the Winnipeg district to give the city more seats. Some STV elections fill 21 seats at one time.)
243:. He was the first CCF-er to run for federal office. His candidacy was opposed by others on the left, and the United Farmers's Unity League ran a candidate against him. Stubbs was also criticized for bringing his personal controversies into the campaign. His religious beliefs were questioned by some (originally an
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Stubbs was also criticized by some in government for granting unduly lenient sentences. In 1932 he was the subject of a Royal
Commission of inquiry into his judicial conduct. Many regarded the inquiry as a politically motivated farce. Stubbs was found guilty of judicial misbehaviour. The final
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345:). After this, Stubbs frequently called for electoral reform in Manitoba, noting that the voters in the province's urban centres were under-represented in comparison to voters in the rural districts.
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