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in the governments of

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and Douglas Campbell. Dryden was educated at the Manitoba Agricultural College, and worked as a farmer. He served for ten years on the municipal council of Ste. Agathe, and served overseas in World War I from 1915 to 1918 as a member of the

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. Dryden received a military medal in 1917. In 1919, he married Luella Mary Kemp. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election, defeating

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candidate L.A. Slater in the rural constituency of Morris. Although elected as an independent, Dryden was a supporter of the

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led by Liberal-Progressive

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John Bracken. He joined the Liberal-Progressive Party himself during the parliament which followed. Dryden was appointed to

's cabinet on February 4, 1944, as Minister of Education. Returned without difficulty in the 1945 election, he held this position until December 14, 1948, while he was promoted to

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by Garson's replacement,

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. Dryden was defeated in the 1949 provincial election by

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, an independent candidate. He remained as a caretaker Provincial Treasurer until February 16, 1950, when he resigned his office. He did not seek a return to the legislature, and died in Winnipeg at the age of 58. In the early 2000s, his nephew

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's son, Ken Dryden, was appointed by Prime Minister Paul Martin to the federal cabinet as Minister of Social Development.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dryden, John C. 1893 births 1951 deaths Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba People from Eastman Region, Manitoba Ministers of finance of Manitoba