Telford, James Lyle

TELFORD, James Lyle, doctor, politician (b 21 June 1889, Valens, ON; d 27 Sept 1960, Vancouver). A medical doctor by profession, he was one of the best-known inter-war socialist politicians in BC. He edited his own newspaper, the Challenge, and read extremely popular political commentaries on VANCOUVER radio. An early advocate of family planning, Telford opened Canada's second birth control clinic in Vancouver in 1932 at a time when dispensing such information was illegal. He was an energetic...

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