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Solomon Hart Green

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71:. He received a law degree in 1906. Green then relocated to western Canada, and in 1907 became the first Jew admitted to the legal profession in Manitoba. He was a member of the firm Chapman and Green, and continued his practice in Winnipeg for several decades. 110:
Green's biographical entry in the 1914 Canadian Parliamentary Guide lists him as "apparently the first Hebrew to take a seat in any Legislature in Canada". This is incorrect:
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after leaving the legislature, and organized meetings for Liberal candidates at Winnipeg's Torah Talmud Hall in the 1920s. He was president of the
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Liberal Association in 1930, and supported his party's decision not to field a candidate against
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in 1807 and 1808, although he was expelled from his seat because he was a Jew.
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The Liberals nominated a candidate in Winnipeg North for the
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vote, and allowed the Conservative candidate to be elected.
114:, who was in fact related to him, was elected to the 74:He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 22:(October 23, 1885 – April 13, 1969) was a 96:. He attempted to return to the legislature in 8: 250:Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick 133:Green remained an active member of the 7: 116:Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada 14: 38:Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 198:McGill-Queen's University Press 130:in the 1870s, was also Jewish. 92:He was not a candidate in the 48:to serve in that legislature. 1: 245:Canadian Conservative rabbis 151:that year's federal election 240:Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs 235:Jewish Canadian politicians 173:University of New Brunswick 36:, Canada. He served in the 266: 168:. Heaps won the election. 190:Stingel, Janine (2000). 40:from 1910 to 1914, as a 135:Liberal Party of Canada 78:, defeating incumbent 59:, and was educated at 46:first Jewish Canadian 147:Abraham Albert Heaps 124:Member of Parliament 16:Canadian politician 51:Green was born in 20:Solomon Hart Green 44:, making him the 257: 211: 193:Social Discredit 128:British Columbia 85:by 620 votes in 83:John F. Mitchell 265: 264: 260: 259: 258: 256: 255: 254: 215: 214: 208: 189: 186: 181: 102:Social Democrat 17: 12: 11: 5: 263: 261: 253: 252: 247: 242: 237: 232: 227: 217: 216: 213: 212: 206: 185: 182: 180: 177: 139:Winnipeg North 107:by 231 votes. 100:, but lost to 87:Winnipeg North 61:King's College 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 262: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 236: 233: 231: 228: 226: 223: 222: 220: 209: 207:0-7735-2010-4 203: 199: 195: 194: 188: 187: 183: 178: 176: 174: 169: 167: 163: 162:1935 election 158: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 131: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 108: 106: 103: 99: 95: 94:1914 election 90: 88: 84: 81: 77: 76:1910 election 72: 70: 66: 62: 58: 57:New Brunswick 54: 49: 47: 43: 39: 35: 31: 28: 25: 21: 192: 184:Bibliography 170: 159: 155:Conservative 132: 122:, a federal 120:Henry Nathan 112:Ezekiel Hart 109: 105:Richard Rigg 91: 80:Conservative 73: 50: 19: 18: 230:1969 deaths 225:1885 births 69:Nova Scotia 219:Categories 179:References 145:incumbent 53:Saint John 30:politician 166:socialist 34:Manitoba 27:Canadian 65:Windsor 42:Liberal 204:  24:Jewish 143:Labor 126:from 202:ISBN 171:The 98:1915 149:in 63:in 32:in 221:: 200:. 196:. 67:, 55:, 210:.

Index

Jewish
Canadian
politician
Manitoba
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Liberal
first Jewish Canadian
Saint John
New Brunswick
King's College
Windsor
Nova Scotia
1910 election
Conservative
John F. Mitchell
Winnipeg North
1914 election
1915
Social Democrat
Richard Rigg
Ezekiel Hart
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Henry Nathan
Member of Parliament
British Columbia
Liberal Party of Canada
Winnipeg North
Labor
Abraham Albert Heaps
that year's federal election

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