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When Tommy Douglas was born
Tommy Douglas is born in Falkirk, Scotland on Oct. 20, 1904. 6 years later, he had moved to Canada, settling in the booming railroad city of Winnipeg -
When he first went to College to study Social Gospel
He had went to Brandons College to Study theology students and professors introduce Douglas to the ideas of the social gospel. Those ideas will become a keystone to his life and politics -
People Could not Afford Doctors for sick People
The Great Depression was starting to happen. People had started to get hurt and sick, but farmers could not afford the money to get a doctor to come over and help them, so Tommy Douglas had the Saskatchewan Labour Party in 1932. He had believed that to do more as a politician than a priest. -
Tommy Douglas Becomes one of the first CCF Members
Tommy Douglas becomes one of the first CCF Members of Parliament. The debates of the Parliament gave him a chance to polish his oratory skills that had served him in the pulpit -
Leading the CCF Members to their Provincial Election
Tommy Douglas returns home in 1942 to lead the party. Tommy Douglas had lead the CCF in a victory in the 1944 provincial election. Beating five teams as Premier of Saskatchewan. His government is the first social democratic government elected in North America. He brought electricity to family farms and provides a much needed expansion of health care in the province. -
The year that Medicare Plan was Public
Since he had saw farmers that farmers could not afford Medicare during the Great Depression. So in 1959, Tommy Douglas had finally made his Medicare public. He had tried to help Saskatchewan pre paid the stuff. Other people had attacked the plan because only Saskatchewan got the prepaid Medicare. -
New Democratic Party Rose
Tommy Douglas was still the National leader even though things had started to fall apart. The party had decided that the only way it can be saved is to develop a relationship with the Canadian labour movement. Douglas lead the NDP from its birth until 1971. He had continued to serve as an MP until he retires from politics in 1979. -
Tommy Douglas's Death
Tommy Douglas dies of cancer, in Ottawa, on Feb. 24, 1986. He was 81 years old when he had died. -
Named The Greatest Canadian of all time
On November 29th, 2004, Tommy Douglas was named the Greatest Canadian of all time by the voters in all around Canada.What he has done has appreciated many people around Canada and his legacy can be seen in the social and medical programs served in Canada.
