Tommy Douglas date of birth:
October 20, 1904
How old was Tommy Douglas when died?
81
Where was Tommy Douglas born?
Falkirk, Scotland
When did Tommy Douglas die?
February 24, 1986
What is Tommy Douglas nationality?
Scottish
What is Tommy Douglas's occupation?
Activist
Short Biography
Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, PC CC SOM (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Canadian social democratic politician and Baptist minister. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become the Saskatchewan CCF's leader and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. His government was the first democratic socialist government in North America, and it introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program.