Charles Grant MacNeil (December 12, 1892 – March 31, 1976) (known as Grant MacNeil) was an organizer and

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for the

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

(CCF) in Canada. A salesman by profession, MacNeill was elected to the

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as the MP for

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in the 1935 federal election. He was defeated in the 1940 federal election and moved to provincial politics where he was elected as the CCF MLA for Vancouver-Burrard in the

1941 British Columbia general election The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 9, 1941, ...

. He was defeated in his 1945 re-election bid. MacNeil served as president of the

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section of the party in the 1950s. He was also active with the

International Woodworkers of America International Woodworkers of America (IWA) was an industrial union of lumbermen, sawmill workers, timber transportation workers and others formed in 1937. History The IWA was formed when members of the Sawmill and Timber Workers’ Union divis ...

in British Columbia, working as editor of the IWA's ''Lumber Worker'' newspaper into the 1970s. MacNeil was appointed Executive Secretary of the British Columbia Security Council (BCSC) board and only accepted the position in an attempt to ensure the fair treatment for Japanese Canadians being uprooted from their homes on the West Coast after the

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attack during World War II.

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* 1892 births 1976 deaths Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia International Woodworkers of America people {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub, MacNeil, Charles Grant