Sydney Ernest Rogers (November 11, 1888–September 10, 1965) was a
Manitoba
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politician.
Between 1937 and 1941, he was the leader of the province's
Social Credit Party.
Biography
Rogers was born in 1888 on the
Isle of Wight
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in
England
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, the son of James Alexander Rogers and Elizabeth Spencer.
[ Gordon Goldsborough, "Memorable Manitobans: Sydney Ernest Rogers (1888-1965)", The Manitoba Historical Society.]
/ref> Moving to Canada
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with his family in 1897, he later worked as a farmer. He was elected reeve of the Rural Municipality of Shell River in 1920, and held this position for well over a decade, serving two terms. In 1905, he married Georgina Elizabeth Johnston.William Aberhart
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in Alberta
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, and promised a similar program of monetary reform.
The party did not have a leader during the election, but nevertheless succeeded in electing five of its candidates. Rogers was elected in the riding of Roblin.Premier
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John Bracken. Rogers did not join cabinet, standing aside for Norman Turnbull to become a minister without portfolio
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.
The decision to join government split the Social Credit ranks, and several of the party's candidates in 1941 ran against the coalition. Rogers, Fox and Turnbull (all government supporters) were the only party members re-elected,"Manitoba Social Credit Party", Economic expert.com
/ref> and the group does not seem to have had a leader during the parliament that followed. The Social Credit group, in fact, came to be regarded as little more than an appendage of the Liberal-Conservative coalition.
Rogers retired from the legislature in 1945, and died twenty years later.
References
External links
"Memorable Manitobans: Sydney Ernest Rogers (1888-1965)", The Manitoba Historical Society.
1888 births
1965 deaths
Manitoba Social Credit Party MLAs
20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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