William Charles Good (February 24, 1876 – November 16, 1967), also known as W. C. Good, was a

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politician and leader of the farmers' and co-operative movement in Canada. Good the executive of the Farmers' Association in 1904. A proponent of farmers' unity, he helped found the Canadian Council of Agriculture in 1909 with

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and E. A. Partridge and helped organize the

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and its co-operative arm in 1914. Good was a member of the Progressive Party of Canada and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1921 as one of its MPs and served until 1925 representing the riding of Brant. He was an advocate of electoral reform,

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reform, temperance and banking reform. In June 1922, he introduced legislation in the House of Commons that would have seen Instant-runoff voting used in each riding where more than two candidates were competing and he also called for demonstration multi-member districts in to provide experience of roportional representation. However the bill was talked out and nothing was changed. (Canada is now only major country to use only

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in its elections.) He was elected president of the Co-operative Union of Canada in 1921, retaining that office until 1945. He was a founding member of the Ginger Group of radical MPs in 1924. An Ontario Historical Plaque was erected in front of the Myrtleville House museum in

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, by the province to commemorate William Charles Good's role in Ontario's heritage.

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* 1876 births 1967 deaths Canadian Christian socialists Canadian cooperative organizers Ginger Group MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the United Church of Canada Progressive Party of Canada MPs {{Ontario-MP-stub

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