Stanley William Fox (June 22, 1906 – March 22, 1984) was a

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, Canada, who served as the first leader of the

Manitoba Social Credit Party The Manitoba Social Credit Party (originally the Manitoba Social Credit League) was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit. It was formed in the 1935 ...

, a party that supported the

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theories of

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. The son of Thomas A. Fox and Flora McQuarrie, Fox was born in Balmoral,

. He was educated at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Manitoba Medical College. He subsequently practiced as a doctor. He reached the rank of captain in the

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. In Manitoba's 1936 provincial election, Fox was elected as a Social Credit candidate in the riding of Gilbert Plains. The newly formed party did not have a leader during the election, and Fox was subsequently chosen to head its parliamentary caucus. Soon after being chosen as leader, Fox offered to support the government of

Liberal-Progressive Liberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1925 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics, there was no Liberal-Progressive party: it was an alliance between two parties. In Manitoba, a party existe ...

Premier

John Bracken John Bracken (June 22, 1883 – March 18, 1969) was a Canadian agronomist and politician who was the 11th and longest-serving premier of Manitoba (1922–1943) and later the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–19 ...

, who had been reduced to a minority and was unable to find allies elsewhere. There were some discussions for a formal coalition, but these came to nothing, and Social Credit supported the

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from the outside until 1940. Fox stepped down as the party's parliamentary leader in 1937, in favour of S.E. Rogers. He supported Social Credit's decision to join the government in 1940, and was re-elected in

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and

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. In 1937, Fox was charged with performing an illegal operation on Miss Alice Bosnell. However, charges were dropped because Bosnell, married to Dr. Fox earlier that year, could not be compelled to testify against her husband. Fox planned to run for re-election in the

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campaign, but lost the coalition nomination to

Ray Mitchell Raymond Mitchell (October 6, 1897 in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba – June 15, 1984) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1949 to 1958. Mitchell was educated at Gran ...

of the Liberal-Progressive Party. He did not return to political life afterwards, and died on March 22, 1984.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Stanley 1906 births 1984 deaths Manitoba Social Credit Party MLAs University of Manitoba alumni