Matthew James Stanbridge (1876, – May 20, 1939) was a British-born Canadian politician who served as a member of the

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from 1920 to 1922.

Early life

Stanbridge was born in Worth Parish,

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and came to

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in 1903.

Career

Stanbridge operated an insurance and real estate business in

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and became the owner of a meat-packing plant in Stonewall in 1912. Stanbridge served 15 years on the school board for Stonewall. He married Frances Rudderham. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election as a Labour Party candidate in the St. Clements constituency. He defeated

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incumbent Donald A. Ross by 127 votes, and sat with the Labour parliamentary group in the legislative opposition for the next two years. The Labour Party and its allies won eleven seats in the 1920 election, which occurred shortly after the

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of 1919. Their support had declined by the time of the 1922 election, and fell to six seats. Stanbridge, running for the

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in St. Clements, finished fourth in a field of four candidates in his bid for re-election. He attempted to return to the legislature in the 1927 provincial election as a "Farmer-Labour" candidate, but finished a distant third against Progressive cabinet minister

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Personal life

He died in the

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at the age of 63.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanbridge, Matthew Dominion Labour Party (Manitoba) MLAs Independent Labour Party (Manitoba, 1920) politicians 1876 births 1939 deaths British emigrants to Canada 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba