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The '''Ginger Group''' was not a formal political party in [[Canada]], but a [[Political factions|faction]] of radical [[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive]] and [[Labour Party of Canada|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] who advocated [[socialism]]. The term [[ginger group]] also refers to a small group with new, radical ideas trying to act as a catalyst within a larger body. | The '''Ginger Group''' was not a formal political party in [[Canada]], but a [[Political factions|faction]] of radical [[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive]] and [[Labour Party of Canada|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] who advocated [[socialism]]. The term [[ginger group]] also refers to a small group with new, radical ideas trying to act as a catalyst within a larger body. | ||
== History == | |||
The Ginger Group split with the Progressive Party in 1924 when Progressive leader [[Robert Forke]] proved too eager to accommodate the Liberal government of [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] and agreed to support the government's budget with only minimal concessions. [[J. S. Woodsworth]], using his right as the leader of the Independent Labour MPs, moved a stronger amendment to the budget based on demands the Progressives had made in earlier years but had since abandoned. The Progressive and Labour MPs who broke with their Progressive colleagues to support Woodsworth became the "Ginger Group".<ref name=irvine>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/williamirvinelif0000mard |url-access=registration |title=William Irvine: the Life of a Prairie Radical |first=Anthony |last=Mardiros |publisher=James Lorimer & Co |location=Toronto |date=1979 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/williamirvinelif0000mard/page/132 132]–140 |isbn=978-0-8886-2237-2}}</ref><ref name=agnes>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/agnesmacphailpo00crow_0 |url-access=registration |title=Agnes Macphail and the Politics of Equality |first=Terence Allan |last=Crowley |pages=[https://archive.org/details/agnesmacphailpo00crow_0/page/75 75]–77 |publisher=James Lorimer & Co |location=Toronto |date=1990 |isbn=978-1-5502-8326-6}}</ref> It was made up of [[United Farmers of Alberta]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]]s [[George Gibson Coote]], [[Robert Gardiner (Canadian politician)|Robert Gardiner]], [[Edward Joseph Garland]], [[Donald MacBeth Kennedy]] and [[Henry Elvins Spencer]] as well as [[United Farmers of Ontario]] MP [[Agnes Macphail]]. The group was later joined by [[Labour Party of Canada|Labour]] MPs J. S. Woodsworth, [[William Irvine (Canada)|William Irvine]], [[Abraham Albert Heaps]] and [[Angus MacInnis]], independent MP [[Joseph Tweed Shaw]] and [[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive]] MPs [[Milton Neil Campbell]], [[William John Ward]], [[William Charles Good]], and [[Preston Elliott]].<ref name=irvine/><ref name=agnes/><ref name=ce>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ginger Group |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online |date=2015-03-04 |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ginger-group}}</ref> | The Ginger Group split with the Progressive Party in 1924 when Progressive leader [[Robert Forke]] proved too eager to accommodate the Liberal government of [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] and agreed to support the government's budget with only minimal concessions. [[J. S. Woodsworth]], using his right as the leader of the Independent Labour MPs, moved a stronger amendment to the budget based on demands the Progressives had made in earlier years but had since abandoned. The Progressive and Labour MPs who broke with their Progressive colleagues to support Woodsworth became the "Ginger Group".<ref name=irvine>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/williamirvinelif0000mard |url-access=registration |title=William Irvine: the Life of a Prairie Radical |first=Anthony |last=Mardiros |publisher=James Lorimer & Co |location=Toronto |date=1979 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/williamirvinelif0000mard/page/132 132]–140 |isbn=978-0-8886-2237-2}}</ref><ref name=agnes>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/agnesmacphailpo00crow_0 |url-access=registration |title=Agnes Macphail and the Politics of Equality |first=Terence Allan |last=Crowley |pages=[https://archive.org/details/agnesmacphailpo00crow_0/page/75 75]–77 |publisher=James Lorimer & Co |location=Toronto |date=1990 |isbn=978-1-5502-8326-6}}</ref> It was made up of [[United Farmers of Alberta]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]]s [[George Gibson Coote]], [[Robert Gardiner (Canadian politician)|Robert Gardiner]], [[Edward Joseph Garland]], [[Donald MacBeth Kennedy]] and [[Henry Elvins Spencer]] as well as [[United Farmers of Ontario]] MP [[Agnes Macphail]]. The group was later joined by [[Labour Party of Canada|Labour]] MPs J. S. Woodsworth, [[William Irvine (Canada)|William Irvine]], [[Abraham Albert Heaps]] and [[Angus MacInnis]], independent MP [[Joseph Tweed Shaw]] and [[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive]] MPs [[Milton Neil Campbell]], [[William John Ward]], [[William Charles Good]], and [[Preston Elliott]].<ref name=irvine/><ref name=agnes/><ref name=ce>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ginger Group |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online |date=2015-03-04 |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ginger-group}}</ref> | ||
Members of the Ginger Group played a role in forming the [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]] in 1932, with Woodsworth becoming the new party's leader.<ref name=irvine/> | Members of the Ginger Group played a role in forming the [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]] in 1932, with Woodsworth becoming the new party's leader.<ref name=irvine/> | ||
The only sitting United Farmers of Alberta who did not join the CCF at its founding was [[William Thomas Lucas]], who ran for re-election unsuccessfully as a Conservative in 1935. | The only sitting United Farmers of Alberta MP who did not join the CCF at its founding was [[William Thomas Lucas]], who ran for re-election unsuccessfully as a Conservative in 1935. | ||
The name Ginger Group was also used to refer to a group of [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative]] MPs who, in 1917 opposed [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Robert Borden]]'s use of the [[Military Service Act (Canada)|Military Service Act]] to introduce [[conscription]] during the [[Conscription Crisis of 1917]].<ref name=agnes/><ref name=ce/> | The name Ginger Group was also used to refer to a group of [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative]] MPs who, in 1917 opposed [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Robert Borden]]'s use of the [[Military Service Act (Canada)|Military Service Act]] to introduce [[conscription]] during the [[Conscription Crisis of 1917]].<ref name=agnes/><ref name=ce/> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:19, 10 July 2025
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History
The Ginger Group split with the Progressive Party in 1924 when Progressive leader Robert Forke proved too eager to accommodate the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King and agreed to support the government's budget with only minimal concessions. J. S. Woodsworth, using his right as the leader of the Independent Labour MPs, moved a stronger amendment to the budget based on demands the Progressives had made in earlier years but had since abandoned. The Progressive and Labour MPs who broke with their Progressive colleagues to support Woodsworth became the "Ginger Group".[1][2] It was made up of United Farmers of Alberta MPs George Gibson Coote, Robert Gardiner, Edward Joseph Garland, Donald MacBeth Kennedy and Henry Elvins Spencer as well as United Farmers of Ontario MP Agnes Macphail. The group was later joined by Labour MPs J. S. Woodsworth, William Irvine, Abraham Albert Heaps and Angus MacInnis, independent MP Joseph Tweed Shaw and Progressive MPs Milton Neil Campbell, William John Ward, William Charles Good, and Preston Elliott.[1][2][3]
Members of the Ginger Group played a role in forming the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1932, with Woodsworth becoming the new party's leader.[1]
The only sitting United Farmers of Alberta MP who did not join the CCF at its founding was William Thomas Lucas, who ran for re-election unsuccessfully as a Conservative in 1935.
The name Ginger Group was also used to refer to a group of Conservative MPs who, in 1917 opposed Prime Minister Robert Borden's use of the Military Service Act to introduce conscription during the Conscription Crisis of 1917.[2][3]
See also
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