Matthew James Stanbridge (1876
[, ] – May 20, 1939)
was a British-born Canadian politician who served as a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922.
Early life
Stanbridge was born in Worth Parish,
Sussex
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,
England and came to
Western Canada in 1903.
Career
Stanbridge operated an insurance and real estate business in
Winnipeg and became the owner of a meat-packing plant in
Stonewall
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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
Liberal incumbent
Donald A. Ross
Donald Andrew Ross (April 10, 1857 – January 23, 1937) was a realtor, farmer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1920 and again from 1922 to 1927.
Early life and education
R ...
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
Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Their support had declined by the time of the
1922 election, and fell to six seats. Stanbridge, running for the
Independent Labour Party 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
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cabinet minister
Robert Hoey.
Personal life
He died in the
Winnipeg General Hospital at the age of 63.
References
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Dominion Labour Party (Manitoba) MLAs
Independent Labour Party (Manitoba, 1920) politicians
1876 births
1939 deaths
British emigrants to Canada