Bennett, William "Ol' Bill"

BENNETT, William "Ol' Bill," labour journalist (b 1881, Greenock, Scotland; d 31 Dec 1949, Vancouver). He immigrated to BC in 1907 and opened a barber shop in downtown VANCOUVER. He was a member of the Socialist Party of Canada and contributed regularly to the party paper, the Western Clarion. Following WWI he joined the Communist Party and was a founding member of its affiliate, the Workers Party of Canada. In the mid-1930s he began writing his "Short Jabs" column, which appeared in several...

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