Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/George_Hara_Williams> ?p ?o }
- George_Hara_Williams abstract "George Hara Williams (November 17, 1894–September 12, 1945) was a farmer activist and politician. Born in Binscarth, Manitoba, Williams attended Manitoba Agricultural College after serving in World War I. Upon graduating, he moved to Saskatchewan to become director of livestock and equipment in the province for the Soldier Settlement Board.He began farming himself and joined and became an organizer for the Farmers Union of Canada in 1923. He served as president of its successor, the United Farmers of Canada, from 1929 to 1931, and steered it towards political action. Williams brought a militant class struggle perspective to the organization. He was also involved with the Marxist Farmers' Educational League and was founder and secretary of the short-lived Farmers’ Political Association formed in 1924.In 1932, he and M.J. Coldwell cochaired a convention that brought together the United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section) and the Independent Labour Party to form the new Farmer-Labour Group (FLG) with Coldwell as party leader. The party was recognized as the unofficial provincial branch of the new Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) shortly after the CCF was formed. The FLG contested the 1934 provincial election. Williams tried to deal with claims by the Liberals and Conservatives that the FLP/CCF in power would expropriate farmers' land in order to collectivize agriculture by stating repeatedly that \"the basis of CCF land policy was a recognition of the family farm as the fundamental unit.\"The FLP elected five MLAs to the Saskatchewan legislature, including Williams in the constituency of Wadena, and he formed the official opposition to the Liberal government. Coldwell did not win a seat in the legislature and Williams became Leader of the Opposition. The FLG officially affiliated with the national CCF and became the Saskatchewan CCF. In 1935, with Coldwell's election to the Canadian House of Commons, Williams became acting party leader and officially became party leader and president in 1936.In 1931, Williams had served as a Canadian delegate to the World Wheat Conference and subsequently, under the auspices of the United Farmers of Canada, he visited the Soviet Union.Unfortunately the Soviet tour resulted in false accusations that he was a \"Red\", and some CCFers came to believe he would be unable to take the party to power even after it doubled its share of seats in the 1938 general election under his leadership. The party moderated several of its policies and limited its policy on nationalization of industry to transportation, communications and hydroelectric power.Williams's style and militancy alienated some party activists, who called on Tommy Douglas, a popular CCF MP in the House of Commons, to take over the provincial party leadership.In 1941 Williams resigned his seat in the legislature to serve in the Canadian Army during World War II with the rank of Major in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. John Hewgill Brockelbank, a Williams loyalist, became the CCF's house leader while Williams retained the party presidency and leadership. Douglas challenged Williams for the position of Saskatchewan CCF president at the 1941 party convention and was elected. In 1942, Douglas was elected party leader. Williams returned to Canada prior to the 1944 Saskatchewan election and helped rally rural support for the party in its successful election campaign. Williams was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the new CCF government, but he resigned in February 1945 for ill health. He died later that year in Vancouver.".
- George_Hara_Williams birthDate "1894-11-17".
- George_Hara_Williams birthPlace Binscarth.
- George_Hara_Williams birthYear "1894".
- George_Hara_Williams deathDate "1945-09-12".
- George_Hara_Williams deathPlace Vancouver.
- George_Hara_Williams deathYear "1945".
- George_Hara_Williams office "Leader of the Opposition".
- George_Hara_Williams office "Minister of Agriculture".
- George_Hara_Williams party Saskatchewan_New_Democratic_Party.
- George_Hara_Williams successor John_Hewgill_Brockelbank.
- George_Hara_Williams thumbnail George_Hara_Williams_in_1944.jpg?width=300.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageID "15712397".
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageLength "7846".
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageOutDegree "57".
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageRevisionID "704224884".
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Binscarth.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Category:1894_births.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Category:1945_deaths.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_activists.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_farmers.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink NDP.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Executive_Council_of_Saskatchewan.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Category:Saskatchewan_Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation_MLAs.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Class_conflict.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Collective_farming.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Communism.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Executive_Council_of_Saskatchewan.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Farmers_Union_of_Canada.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink First_Canadian_Army.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink House_of_Commons_of_Canada.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Hydroelectricity.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Independent_Labour_Party.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink James_Thomas_Milton_Anderson.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink John_Hewgill_Brockelbank.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Kelvington-Wadena.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Saskatchewan_Leaders_of_the_Opposition.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Major.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Major_James_Coldwell.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Manitoba_Agricultural_College.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Member_of_parliament.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Nationalization.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Opposition_(parliamentary).
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Rail_transport_in_Canada.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Canadian_Ordnance_Corps.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan_Legislature.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan_New_Democratic_Party.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan_general_election,_1934.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan_general_election,_1938.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan_general_election,_1944.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Soldier_Settlement_Board.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Soviet_Union.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Tommy_Douglas.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink United_Farmers_of_Canada.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink World_War_I.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Hara Williams".
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Williams".
- George_Hara_Williams birthDate "1894-11-17".
- George_Hara_Williams birthPlace Binscarth.
- George_Hara_Williams caption "(Williams' official Cabinet picture, September 1944.)".
- George_Hara_Williams dateOfBirth "1894-11-17".
- George_Hara_Williams dateOfDeath "1945-09-12".
- George_Hara_Williams deathDate "1945-09-12".
- George_Hara_Williams deathPlace Vancouver.
- George_Hara_Williams honorificSuffix Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan.
- George_Hara_Williams name "(Hon.) George Hara Williams".
- George_Hara_Williams name "Williams, George Hara".
- George_Hara_Williams office Executive_Council_of_Saskatchewan.
- George_Hara_Williams office List_of_Saskatchewan_Leaders_of_the_Opposition.
- George_Hara_Williams party "Farmer-Labour Group/ Saskatchewan CCF".
- George_Hara_Williams party "Farmer-Labour Group/Saskatchewan CCF".
- George_Hara_Williams placeOfBirth Binscarth.
- George_Hara_Williams placeOfDeath Vancouver.
- George_Hara_Williams predecessor James_Thomas_Milton_Anderson.
- George_Hara_Williams shortDescription "Canadian politician".
- George_Hara_Williams successor John_Hewgill_Brockelbank.
- George_Hara_Williams termEnd "1940".
- George_Hara_Williams termEnd "1945".
- George_Hara_Williams termStart "1934".
- George_Hara_Williams termStart "1944".
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_Prime_Minister.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- George_Hara_Williams wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Saskatchewan_NDP_Leaders.
- George_Hara_Williams description "Canadian politician".
- George_Hara_Williams description "Canadian politician".
- George_Hara_Williams subject Category:1894_births.
- George_Hara_Williams subject Category:1945_deaths.
- George_Hara_Williams subject Category:Canadian_activists.
- George_Hara_Williams subject Category:Canadian_farmers.
- George_Hara_Williams subject NDP.
- George_Hara_Williams subject Category:Members_of_the_Executive_Council_of_Saskatchewan.
- George_Hara_Williams subject Category:Saskatchewan_Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation_MLAs.
- George_Hara_Williams hypernym Activist.