POLITICIAN

Tommy Douglas

1904 - 1986

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Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become Leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Douglas has received more than 2,256,257 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Douglas is the 14,757th most popular politician (down from 12,959th in 2019), the 3,710th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,166th in 2019) and the 486th most popular British Politician.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

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  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tommy Douglas ranks 14,757 out of 19,576. Before him are Merankhre Mentuhotep, Andrea Casiraghi, Ünal Üstel, Erskine Hamilton Childers, William M. Tweed, and Mesilim. After him are Stavros Dimas, Johan Ferner, Prithvirajsing Roopun, Theodor Blank, Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, and James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Tommy Douglas ranks 251. Before him are Herbert Selpin, Pretty Boy Floyd, Lillian Copeland, Paul Mattick, Margery Allingham, and Alfredo Brilhante da Costa. After him are Boris Livanov, Jeane Dixon, Vasili Merkuryev, Antonio Vojak, Clyfford Still, and Emil František Burian. Among people deceased in 1986, Tommy Douglas ranks 213. Before him are Bruno Mora, Jo Gartner, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Willy Kaiser, Lothar Bolz, and Joyce Mansour. After him are Jean Cassou, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Oleg Goncharenko, Alberto Zorrilla, Leona Woods, and Noboru Terada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Douglas ranks 3,710 out of 8,785. Before him are John Gower (1330), Freddie Francis (1917), Jason Bonham (1966), Eric Stewart (1945), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), and Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905). After him are Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421), Richard of Chichester (1197), Bev Bevan (1944), Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), and Gordon Haskell (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Tommy Douglas ranks 486. Before him are John Taylor (1808), John Smith (1938), William Davies Evans (1790), Tony Benn (1925), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), and Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905). After him are Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421), Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), Archibald Sayce (1845), Margaret Beckett (1943), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), and Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557).

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