Thomas Clement Douglas PC CC SOM (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish Canadian politician who served as Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become Leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. His cabinet was the first social democratic government in North America and it introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program.
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20 October 1904 Falkirk, Scotland
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24 February 1986 (aged 81) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Zodiac | Libra |
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