Connell, Robert

CONNELL, Robert, Anglican cleric, first CCF leader (b 1871, Liverpool, England; d 13 Nov 1957, Victoria). He came to Canada in 1888, went into the Anglican ministry and settled in VICTORIA. He was one of 7 members of the new CCF elected to the provincial legislature in 1933. Selected house leader over Ernest WINCH, he was later confirmed as the first leader of the provincial party. Connell was a poor debater and his politics were not far enough to the left for a large faction of the party; he...

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