James Douglas Manly (born 29 October 1932) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1980 to 1988. A member of the

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, he also was a clergyman, factory worker and logger by career.

Before politics

Manly was ordained a minister in the

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Political career

His first attempt at entering federal politics was unsuccessful as he was defeated at British Columbia's

electoral district in the 1979 federal election. He won the riding in the 1980 federal election and was re-elected in the 1984 election. After this he left national politics having served in the 32nd and

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s. In parliament, Manly served as the

's Aboriginal Affairs critic. He and his wife had previously lived and worked with

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from 1959 to 1963. As an MP he refused to support the

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despite his party's official support for the constitutional deal, and walked out of the House of Commons during one of the votes on the accord. Manly also unsuccessfully attempted to enter British Columbia politics for the NDP in 1969 at the provincial

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riding.

After politics

He has remained active in peace and

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issues and has engaged in

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n solidarity work on behalf of the United Church. In 1997, he wrote ''The Wounds of Manuel Saquic : Biblical Reflections from Guatemala''. Published by the United Church's publishing arm, the book explored the issues of poverty, justice, solidarity and liberation theology in

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and

linking issues with biblical passages. He also served as a member of the United Church's British Columbia task force on residential schools and recommended that the church apologize to aboriginal Canadians for its role in the institutions. Manly supported Svend Robinson's unsuccessful bid to win the NDP's federal leadership convention in 1995 and

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's successful candidacy in 2003. On 20 October 2012, Manly was arrested by Israel for trying to breach a blockade of the

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on the ship ''Estelle''.Ex-MP sits in Israeli custody while fellow protesters released
/ref> He was released on 25 October, saying that he suffered only minor indignities. His son,

Paul Manly Paul Manly (born April 19, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nanaimo—Ladysmith from 2019 until 2021. A member of the Green Party of Canada, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on ...

, initially sought the NDP nomination for Nanaimo—Ladysmith in the 2015 election but was rejected by the party's federal executive for publicly criticizing the NDP because the party did not advocate on behalf of his father Jim when the former MP was detained for four days by the Israeli military in 2012. Paul was elected as a

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MP in the 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manly, James Douglas 1932 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Ministers of the United Church of Canada New Democratic Party MPs Politicians from Saskatoon 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Canadian anti-Zionists