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- Clarence_Gillis abstract "Clarence (Clarie) Gillis, MP (October 3, 1895 – December 17, 1960) was a Canadian social democratic politician and trade unionist from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He was born on Nova Scotia's mainland, but grew-up in Cape Breton. He worked in the island's underground coal mines operated by the British Empire Steel and Coal Company (BESCO). He also served as a member of the infantry in the Canadian Corps in Flanders during the First World War. After the war he returned to the coal mines and became an official with the mine's United Mine Workers of America (UMW) union. In 1938, he helped bring UMW Local 26 into the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), becoming the first labour local to affiliate with the party. In 1940, he became the first CCF member elected to the Canadian House of Commons, east of Manitoba. While serving in the House, he was known as its leading voice championing labour issues. He was also a main voice for social rights during his 17-years in Parliament. His most notable achievement was securing the funding that allowed the building of a fixed-link between Nova Scotia's mainland and Cape Breton Island at the Strait of Canso: the Canso Causeway. After winning four-straight elections, he was defeated in 1957 and died three-years later in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.".
- Clarence_Gillis alias "Clarie".
- Clarence_Gillis birthDate "1895-10-03".
- Clarence_Gillis birthPlace Londonderry,_Nova_Scotia.
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- Clarence_Gillis birthYear "1895".
- Clarence_Gillis deathDate "1960-12-17".
- Clarence_Gillis deathPlace Glace_Bay.
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- Clarence_Gillis deathYear "1960".
- Clarence_Gillis orderInOffice "Member of Parliament".
- Clarence_Gillis party Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation.
- Clarence_Gillis profession Coal_mining.
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- Clarence_Gillis region Cape_Breton_South_(federal_electoral_district).
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- Clarence_Gillis successor Donald_MacInnis.
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- Clarence_Gillis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Clarence Gillis".
- Clarence_Gillis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Clarie Gillis".
- Clarence_Gillis alternativeNames "Clarie".
- Clarence_Gillis birthDate "1895-10-03".
- Clarence_Gillis birthPlace Londonderry,_Nova_Scotia.
- Clarence_Gillis birthPlace Nova_Scotia.
- Clarence_Gillis caption "Cape Breton South MP, in 1940. Source: Library and Archives Canada".
- Clarence_Gillis constituency Cape_Breton_South_(federal_electoral_district).
- Clarence_Gillis dateOfBirth "1895-10-03".
- Clarence_Gillis dateOfDeath "1960-12-17".
- Clarence_Gillis deathDate "1960-12-17".
- Clarence_Gillis deathPlace Glace_Bay.
- Clarence_Gillis deathPlace Glace_Bay,_Nova_Scotia.
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