John Stewart McDiarmid

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John Stewart McDiarmid (born December 25, 1882 in Perthshire , Scotland , † June 7, 1965 in Winnipeg ) was a Canadian politician . He was a Member of the House of Commons from 1926 to 1930 , and then for more than twenty years a member of the Manitoba Province Parliament and a member of the government. Eventually he served as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1953 to 1960 .

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At the age of five, McDiarmid emigrated to Canada with his family and grew up on a farm near Portage la Prairie . After finishing school, he worked for a glass and paint dealer in Winnipeg, and later he and his brother set up a wood trading company. In 1925, McDiarmid was elected to Winnipeg City Council. As a candidate for the Liberal Party , he won the 1926 general election in the Winnipeg South constituency. In parliament he supported the government of William Lyon Mackenzie King as a backbencher . Four years later, in the 1930 general election , he was defeated by the former Conservative Interior Minister Robert Rogers .

John Bracken , Prime Minister of Manitoba Province, accepted McDiarmid into his coalition government on May 27, 1932, and made him Minister of Mines and Natural Resources. Three weeks later he was elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly . He headed the Mining Ministry for more than twenty years. In addition, he was provincial secretary from 1939 to 1946, from 1940 railway commissioner and minister of industry and trade. The ministries he headed expanded the scope of mining, promoted tourism, and introduced protective measures to revive the fur trade.

On June 30, 1953, McDiarmid resigned as MP and Minister. On August 1 of the same year, Governor General Vincent Massey sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. He held this representative office until January 15, 1960.

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SURNAME McDiarmid, John Stewart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Perthshire , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1965
Place of death Winnipeg