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from returning to power at the federal level. This strategy of cooperation was identical to that favoured by the Labor-Progressive Party in 1945. Many in the CCF believed
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earlier in the year, he soon became a prominent figure on the party's left-wing. The CCF was the official opposition party during this period, and
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