Seymour Farmer
| Seymour Farmer | |
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| 2nd Manitoba Minister of Labour | |
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In office November 4, 1940 – December 19, 1942 |
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| Premier | John Bracken |
| Preceded by | William Clubb |
| Succeeded by | Errick Willis |
| 1st Leader of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |
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In office 1936–1947 |
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| Preceded by | new party |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Hansford |
| 3rd Leader of the Manitoba Independent Labour Party | |
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In office 1935–1943 |
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| Preceded by | John Queen |
| Succeeded by | party dissolved |
| Winnipeg City Councillor | |
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In office 1928–1929 |
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| 30th Mayor of Winnipeg | |
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In office 1923–1924 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Oliver Fowler |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Webb |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
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In office July 18, 1922 – November 10, 1949 |
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| Constituency | Winnipeg |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Seymour James Farmer June 20, 1878 Cardiff, Wales |
| Died | January 16, 1951 (aged 72) Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Political party |
Manitoba Independent Labour Party Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Seymour James Farmer (June 20, 1878 – January 16, 1951) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 30th mayor of Winnipeg from 1923 to 1924, and was later the leader of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1935 to 1947. In the latter capacity, he became the first Georgist politician in Canada to receive a cabinet post.
Farmer was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of Seymour Farmer and Bessie Alexander Sander, and was educated there. He moved to Canada in 1900 and worked as a railway clerk. In 1910, he was Fred Dixon's campaign manager in the latter's unsuccessful bid for election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. He became an accountant for the International Grain Company in 1913, and retained this position until 1927. Farmer married Lydia Gwendoline Ashton.
Along with Dixon, Farmer opposed conscription during the First World War. During the Conscription Crisis of 1917, he was nominated by the Anti-Conscription League to contest the federal riding of Winnipeg Centre in the 1917 federal election; he resigned in favour of another labour candidate, however.
Farmer supported the Winnipeg General Strike, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1919 and 1920. In December 1920, he was one of the founding members of Manitoba's Independent Labour Party. He considered running for the federal riding of Winnipeg Centre in the 1921 election, but withdrew in favour of J.S. Woodsworth.
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