march march canadian social democratic politician lawyer ontario leader ontario section operative leader ontario legislature 1940s 1950s rhodes scholar mid-1930s came canada help studies complete called bar politics practised labour law toronto eventually labour retirement moved british_columbia died early life education family lived ontario generations parents reverend charles missionaries living near known china born hospital near march home china mother early teens family returned ontario attend went high school undergraduate head member won scholarship ontario rhodes scholars year attended oxford_university years affiliated christ church college member oxford met club leader fellow canadian fought communist red october club lord lewis planned silent protest february speech oxford carefully sure members attended meeting groups strategically walked speech wooden floors effectively speech audience caused riots street meeting lewis thick oxford experiences socialist joined operative shortly formed summer vacation helped form overseas branch oxford year called bar england canadian win scholarship permanently returned oxford worked ontario organizer called bar ontario practised law toronto onwards candidate canadian election toronto riding placing fourth ran federal election time electoral district noted calling federal conservative government soldiers return home time proper measures taken protect future canadian soldiers countered government stop war protect interests country soldiers small defeated like candidate placing distant leader election leader following year led party seats victory seats vote election elected conservative minority government won york south seat note renamed members banned communist_party ran elected labour candidates formally founded days election agreed sit legislature representatives oliver formally joined entered hepburn cabinet having supported hepburn government outside liberal caucus years oliver elected liberal election supported liberal government took office leader formally joined elected leader remaining elected elected liberal left legislature campaign ontario election drew ran anti semitic union red campaign previous years anti socialist attacks conservatives supporters like effective previously popular source material anti campaign came special investigation branch agent captain office supposed investigating war time 5th column instead starting november investigating exclusively ontario opposition mainly focusing caucus fact knew secret investigations early february led infamous incidents 20th century canadian politics radio speech previous description campaign replied giving radio speech written assistance accused drew running political ontario speech excerpt alleged secret department acting political police opposition media dramatic tone speech time writing time speculation supporters speech damaged party reputation maintains book dilemma canadian socialism percent popular support poll prior speech election day received percent popular vote best added extra percentage point support worst didn effect highly unlikely speech main issue campaign dominated coverage media rest election drew attorney general denied accusations public outcry appointed investigate charges party wanted election suspended commission report drew ignored requests continued hold election original date despite months commission findings available election day june went seats garnering number actual votes cast percentage popular vote dropped percent drew attack campaign successfully drove voter turn driving percentage seat totals monday june ontario important elections 20th century according shaped province years conservatives won massive majority legislature remain government consecutive years going seats puts june june federal election proved black days socialism effectively removed canadian political agenda fully recover defeat eventually cease party 1970s social democratic party attain popularity election consequence tenure ended time lost election better candidate toronto outlying drew appointed justice royal commissioner terms reference restricted question drew personally responsible establishment secret political police organization purpose collecting secret material attempt power wider questions like ontario civil servants keeping files allowed act counsel commission assisted fellow lawyer able establish agent prove access information letters drew wrote supporter suggesting finance lawsuits charges stemming information provided advertisements late leading advertisement campaigns newspapers bill boards information presented witnesses claimed seen documents produce actual letter drew deny writing october justice issued report essentially drew presenting evidence linked drew murray commissioner found information believed interaction murray inappropriate motives accusations choice words questioned years change late 1970s research memoirs came archival evidence proving charge lewis discovery drew son edward placed extremely restrictive conditions father papers housed continue lewis pointed memoirs found premier drew disclose information deliberately head government ontario given false witness testimony ontario got away faced leadership challenge elected leader elected result ontario election recovered winning seats result cold war red scare labour movement acted purge individuals including suspected communist influence general public support socialism suffered reduced seats election lost seat resigned party leader august order focus law practice career returned previous career labour lawyer founding firm lewis fellow activist future leader 1950s 1960s firm assisted union fight mill workers union ontario appointed chief federal staff position held active labour retirement historical novel wrote entitled published social democratic leader opposition ontario legislature lived long form ontario government september died march british_columbia
Ted Jolliffe