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Roblin's government placed the CCF in a paradoxical situation. His
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Stinson stepped down as an active minister in 1942, and become
Provincial Secretary for the provincial CCF the following year. He edited the "Manitoba Commonwealth" newspaper from 1943 to 1946, and served as a Winnipeg alderman from 1943 to 1944. His defeat in 1944 was partly due to vote-splitting
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Stinson was chosen to replace him on December 19, 1952. He was acclaimed as the official party leader on April 25, 1953, by the CCF council, and was subsequently confirmed without opposition by a provincial convention.
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was elected in a rural constituency). The party made limited gains in the late 1950s, however, and was poised to become the official opposition (if
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Stinson was a capable politician, and had the ability to reach out to centre-left voters previously alienated from the CCF. He was also a skilled networker, soliciting support from
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of 1919, the north end generally elected socialist and labour candidates while the south supported pro-business figures). Stinson was defeated in
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coalition which governed the province from 1940 to 1950 had dissolved, and most of the electorate was polarized between these two parties. The
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minister. He received his B.D. in 1935, and took post-graduate courses in history and political science in 1940 and 1941.
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